A cosmopolitics for the wild? The technical composition of the natural world

Abstract

The aim of this article is to very briefly examine a possible application of the cosmopolitical proposal by I. Stengers and Bruno Latour to rewilding: the process of returning previously modified places that have been “domesticated” by humans to their “natural”, wild condition. The clash of visions, knowledge, skills and practices that occur around rewilding initiatives provide a clear illustration of what the cosmopolitical project represents by offering an analysis, without naiveté, of the techno-scientific composition of the natural world. The proposal offers some clues that can lead to a better understanding and composition of the places we inhabit or wish to transit, at the intersection of the technical and the natural.