Scholars discuss care and its role in repairing the care crisis in Latin America, highlighting ecological and decolonization perspectives.
Latin American feminist thought has shaped theoretical and practical understanding of repairing our increasingly damaged planet by incorporating ecocriticism, decolonization scholarship, and Indigenous thought and practices (Heffes, 2013; Segato, 2018; Díaz Lozano et al., 2021; Castro, 2023; De Souza et al. 2024). This piece brings scholars from and/or working in Latin America to share their thoughts on care, extinction, and more-than-human reciprocity. Considering the last decade of theories and practices of care in Latin America, the following examines care and its capacity to repair the ‘care crisis.’
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