“What more were the pastures of Leicester to me?” Hunting, Landscape Character, and the Politics of Place

Finch, Jonathan

doi:10.1017/s0940739107070233

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“…This can be seen particularly in the case of the red fox, which until the Hunting Act (2004) was the major target of the British tradition of hunting with horses and hounds. Foxes and the ongoing political controversy over foxhunting have become emblematic of broader debates over rural policy and the overall position of 'the countryside' in British society (Woods, 2008), as well as constructions of (rural) place and contemporary national identity (Finch, 2007;Wallwork and Dixon, 2004). Bearing this in mind, it is not surprising that media coverage of the 'fox attack' story linked it with foxhunting following the Labour administration's loss of power in the election in May (e.g.…”

Section: Humans and "Nature"; Humans And Other Animalsmentioning

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“Fox Tots Attack Shock”: Urban Foxes, Mass Media and Boundary-Breaching

Cassidy

Mills

2012

Environmental Communication

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On June 7 th , 2010, media reports appeared that nine month old twins living in East London had been rushed to hospital following a 'suspected fox attack': the babies had been seriously injured. This story received sustained and intense coverage for several months, and became the focus of debate over the role and behaviour of urban foxes, and how they and humans should coexist. Using textual analysis to unravel the various discourses surrounding this moment, this paper discusses how this incident became such a prominent 'media event'. Alongside the more immediate contexts of the 'silly season' and a period of political transition, we argue that this incident breached a series of spatial boundaries that many societies draw between people and the 'natural world', from the 'safest space' of a child's cot, to the categorisations made of animals themselves. We discuss the consequences of such boundary breaches, including confusion over the assignment of responsibility for, and expertise about, the figure of the 'urban fox'.

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Section: Humans and "Nature"; Humans And Other Animalsmentioning

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“Fox Tots Attack Shock”: Urban Foxes, Mass Media and Boundary-Breaching

Cassidy

Mills

2012

Environmental Communication

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“…When hunting or farming communities resist new wildlife conservation policy for encroaching on their traditional lifestyles, researchers and practitioners often dismiss their position as backward and regressive (Finch ; Mischi ). Some even suggest they appeal to ‘sham’ traditions (Giddens ; Hobsbawm and Ranger ; Skogen and Thrane ).…”

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Taking Prejudice Seriously: Burkean Reflections on the Rural Past and Present

Essen

Allen

2017

Sociologia Ruralis

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Urban‐based nature conservation elites often condemn rural communities as backwards when they appeal to the value of tradition. Nevertheless, drawing from an interview study of Swedish hunters, we show that appeals to tradition express a coherent, if problematic, philosophical vision. We ask, then, two questions: (1) Do the ideas of Swedish hunters reflect a coherent philosophical vision? (2) Could this vision have a positive function in facilitating improved public dialogue over conservation policy? We examine this overlooked phenomenon of philosophical beliefs as the basis for contesting conservation policy. We also elucidate the negative consequences of this oversight for nature conservation policy debates. Finally, we discuss its positive function in nature conservation policy‐making. Overall, we argue that policymakers should strive for a better understanding and appreciation of the hunters’ philosophical vision and that the hunters themselves should strive to better articulate this vision rather than their resentments.

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Haigron¹

2017

The English Countryside

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“What more were the pastures of Leicester to me?” Hunting, Landscape Character, and the Politics of Place

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

“Fox Tots Attack Shock”: Urban Foxes, Mass Media and Boundary-Breaching

“Fox Tots Attack Shock”: Urban Foxes, Mass Media and Boundary-Breaching

Taking Prejudice Seriously: Burkean Reflections on the Rural Past and Present

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