Abstract

This introduction to the special issue of Contemporary Social Science: 'Urban Animals – Shifting Ecologies of Proximities', argues that the focus on urban animals is not to be treated as just another specialisation in urban ecology or biology, rather, as a perspective from where the field of urban studies at large, and the domain of social science more generally, can be re-thought in the novel and challenging ways. To do so, first, the text situates the question of urban animals within the emerging problématique of the contemporary urban condition in the context of the Anthropocene; second, it proposes six requirements which may prove valuable to widen the scope of current research; third, it introduces the papers composing the special issue.

摘要

对当代社会科学专刊的介绍：“城市动物–近距离的生态变化”认为，对城市动物的关注不应被视为城市生态学或生物学的另一种专业，而应从何处看可以以新颖和具有挑战性的方式重新思考整个城市研究领域以及更广泛的社会科学领域。为此，首先，文本将人类的问题置于人类世世代相传的当代城市状况的新兴问题之中。其次，提出了六个要求，这些要求可能对扩大当前研究范围具有重要意义。第三，介绍构成特刊的论文。