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Sanctuary‐Making as Rural Political Action
Author(s) -
Abrell Elan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal for the anthropology of north america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-5389
DOI - 10.1002/nad.12107
Subject(s) - futures contract , ideology , politics , action (physics) , immigration , collective action , political science , environmental ethics , sociology , direct action , political economy , law , economics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , financial economics
This essay compares different sanctuary‐making projects in North America, including animal sanctuaries and sanctuary communities for undocumented immigrants, to examine how they may contribute to better rural futures. Specifically, it argues that sanctuary as a simultaneously spatial and ideological mode of being could provide the basis for a broader counterhegemonic challenge to violent practices of exploitation targeted at a range of different others.