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SUMMARY:The wolf’s tale retold: How capitalism and more-than-human agenc
 ies co-produce societal relationships with wolves - Valerio Donfrancesco\,
  University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Valerio Donfrancesco
DESCRIPTION:Over the last 50 years\, populations of large carnivores such 
 as wolves have been gradually expanding across European landscapes. This c
 omes after the near extinction of many of these predators\, which had been
  heavily persecuted in the previous centuries. How may such trends be expl
 ained? In this talk\, which is based on one of my empirical PhD thesis cha
 pters\, I will first briefly provide an overview of current scientific and
  other ‘mainstream’ narratives about the decline and comeback of wolve
 s in Italy and Europe. Arguing that present narrations leave out part of t
 he picture\, I will then seek to situate historical trends of wolf populat
 ions within broader shifts in political economies and assemblages of more-
 than-human agencies. A re-politization of these narratives allows for a be
 tter understanding of human-wolf conflicts and coexistence today. This ult
 imately brings me to a discussion of how a better recognition of non-human
  agency alongside significant if not radical shifts in international polic
 y frameworks\, including the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy a
 nd the World Trade Organisation\, could help foster improved human-wolf re
 lations today.
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