Urchins in the infrastructure: building with hedgehogs in the multispecies city

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Abstract

As cities around the globe continue to expand, human-designed habitats are providing both unintentional and planned homes for a growing number of displaced critters. Looking particularly at hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) dwelling in the urban United Kingdom, this chapter examines some of the multispecies challenges facing contemporary urban architecture. While negotiations of value and capital loom large in human attempts to make space for select others within cities, umwelt slippages between humans and their intended (and unintended) neighbors raise fundamental questions about how to build well for other species. Such limits ask for multispecies collaborations and radical new humilities of building.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge companion to critical approaches to contemporary architecture
EditorsSwati Chattopadhyay, Jeremy White
Place of PublicationNew York ; London
PublisherRoutledge, Taylor and Francis Group
Chapter27
Pages351-362
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781317422662, 9781315688947
ISBN (Print)9781138917569
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameRoutledge Companions
PublisherRoutledge

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