Rewilding means to return to a more wild or
natural state; it is the process of undoing
domestication.
The term emerged from green anarchism and
anarcho-primitivism.
The central argument is that the majority
of humans have been "civilized" or "domesticated"
by agrarianism and sedentary social stratification.
Such a process is compared to how dogs have
been domesticated from what was a common ancestor
with wolves, resulting in a loss in health
and vibrancy.
Supporters of rewilding argue that through
the process of domestication, human wildness
has been altered by force.Rewilding encourages
the conscious undoing of human domestication
and returning to the lifeways of some indigenous
human cultures.
Though often associated with primitive skills
and learning knowledge of wild plants and
animals, it emphasizes regenerative land management
techniques employed by hunter-gatherers and
horticulturalists, as well as development
of the senses and fostering deepening personal
relationships with members of other species
and the natural world.
Rewilding intends to create permanently wild
human cultures beyond domestication.Rewilding
is considered a holistic approach to living,
as opposed to specific or separate skills,
practices or knowledges.
== Theory ==
Rewilding is most associated with green anarchy
and anarcho-primitivism or anti-civilization
and post-civilization anarchism in general.Within
a modern and scientific social context, rewilding
entails both experiential and "book knowledge"
to produce a community that is both respectful
of individual liberties and beneficial to
all involved, including all non-human species.
Participants in such events and communities
directly reap the benefits of the communities'
actions and efforts.
Instead of seeking to "return" to an earlier
state of human existence or go "back to the
land", rewilding seeks to take the experiences
and time spent here in civilization and combine
the lessons that have been learned from both
the past and the present to create a more
ideal society.
== In Culture ==
In 2015 activist/musician Jadis Mercado, released
the album "Rewild Things"
== See also ==
Pleistocene Rewilding
Green Anarchist
Hemeroby
Species Traitor
The World Without Us
== References ==
== External links ==
rewild.com
Rewild Portland
Rewild University
"A Primitivist Primer"
Primitivism
Re-Wilding
Green Anarchy magazine
The Rewilding Institute
Stozenburg, William.
Where the Wild Things Were.
Conservation in Practice 7(1):28-34.
ReWild Yourself Podcast
How Human Rewilding Works
