1st Edition

Managing the Return of the Wild Human Encounters with Wolves in Europe

Edited By Michaela Fenske, Bernhard Tschofen Copyright 2020
236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores attitudes and strategies towards the return of the wild in times of ecological crisis, focusing on wolves in Europe. The contributions from a variety of disciplines discuss human encounters with wolves, engaging with traditional narratives and contemporary conflicts. Covering a range of geographical areas, the case studies featured demonstrate the tremendous impact of the... Read more

1 Human encounters with wolves: an introduction

Michaela Fenske and Bernhard Tschofen

2 The Beast of Gévaudan as a history of the changing perceptions of fatal human-wolf interaction

Meret Fehlmann

3 Made of stone, flesh and narration – ‘the wolf’ as contested lieu de mémoire

Marlis Heyer and Susanne Hose

4 The story of Wanderwolf: a contested tale on the re-emergence of ‘new wilderness’ in the Netherlands

Anke Tonnaer

5 "One feels a shiver" – wolf perceptions and representations in Portugal

Filipa Costa

6 Actualizing wolves: environmental education settings as part of wolf management in Switzerland

Elisa Frank

7 Modes of involvedness. Theorising different ways of relating within the Swiss wolf debate

Nikolaus Heinzer

8 Diverging worlds of biodiversity and biosecurity: the presence of wolves in a Swiss Alpine territory

Ilona Imoberdorf and Rony Emmenegger

9 Getting close(r). Alive or dead: biography, individuality and agency of the wolf MT6

Irina Arnold

10 Hunting wild animals in Germany: conflicts between wildlife management and ‘traditional’ practices of Hege

Thorsten Gieser

11 Ways of speaking, responsibility and the animals ‘of the forest’ in Northwest Russia

Laura Siragusa

12 Predators and reindeer on the same pastures?

Helena Ruotsala

Biography

Michaela Fenske is a professor of European Ethnology at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

Bernhard Tschofen is a professor at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.