Abstract
The lockdown that was implemented in many countries of the world between 2020 and 2021 has led some animal species that are unusual for this context to appear in cities, as well as others that are normally present to be increasingly perceived. Starting from the interest that these presences have aroused, the chapter analyses the possibilities and potentialities of a human-non-human rapprochement, even in non-domesticated forms, in an environment such as the urban one, which was traditionally the exclusive prerogative of the former. It also indicates some urban spatial contexts in which greater continuity with other species is in fact already in place and can be sustained.
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For the sake of convenience, the term is used here in its meaning of otherness with respect to man. Thus, of a Nature without men. This is a voluntary, and momentary, “rearguard” position for the purposes of this contribution since, following the proposal by Timothy Morton (2009), among others, the overcoming of the man-nature binomial is inescapable.
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On the now long-standing question of the beginning of the Anthropocene, for which various dates have been proposed, see the quick summary by Zalasiewicz (2015).
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Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979.
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Bonardi, L., Marini, A. (2022). Inside and Beyond the Human City. In: Anzani, A. (eds) Conscious Dwelling. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97974-4_16
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