Ethnos· 2026Q1
The Many Faces of the Parasite
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This special issue introduces the 'parasite' concept to analyze cohabitation, exploring strategies of shelter/expulsion and affects of gratitude/resentment.
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Key points
- The 'parasite' concept is proposed as a framework for understanding cohabitation.
- It encompasses strategies of shelter and expulsion, and affects of gratitude and resentment.
- Contributions explore this idea through hospitality, urban networks, and multispecies assemblages.
- Parasitic dynamics are highlighted as relevant to understanding the contemporary moment.
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Abstract
The introduction to this special issue describes the ‘parasite’ as a concept through which to understand the problems and possibilities of cohabitation, with its attendant strategies of shelter and expulsion, its affects of gratitude and resentment. Building on the work of Michel Serres, it then summarises how the contributors take up this idea across three themes: the intimacies of hospitality, urban networks of economy and information, and the shifting alliances of multispecies assemblages. Finally, it highlights the relevance of parasitic dynamics for understanding the contemporary moment writ large.
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