Literary Ecowitches in the Symbiocene: Healing the Wounds of the Earth and its Peoples through Lunarpunk Posthuman Re-Story-ation Narratives

This article explores the contemporary literary ecowitch as a transformative figure within ecofeminist, ecocritical, and posthumanist thought. Grounded in ecofeminist revisionism and ecospiritual animist movements, the ecowitch (Sotelo 2025) is portrayed as a symbol of ecological resistance and healing that challenges dominant androanthropocentric worldviews through multispecies collaboration. The article analyses two stories from the new Lunarpunk Anthology (Norton-Kertson 2023) –to highlight storytelling as a form of magical activism. These narratives demonstrate speculative fiction’s capacity to imagine symbiotic, posthuman possible futures. Ultimately, the literary ecowitch becomes a visionary force in the Symbiocene (Albrecht 2019), fostering ecological reparation and resisting systemic eco-social injustices.

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Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2025.91.01
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Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
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Literary Ecowitches in the Symbiocene: Healing the Wounds of the Earth and its Peoples through Lunarpunk Posthuman Re-Story-ation Narratives

Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
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Literary Ecowitches in the Symbiocene: Healing the Wounds of the Earth and its Peoples through Lunarpunk Posthuman Re-Story-ation Narratives

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Abstract

This article explores the contemporary literary ecowitch as a transformative figure within ecofeminist, ecocritical, and posthumanist thought. Grounded in ecofeminist revisionism and ecospiritual animist movements, the ecowitch (Sotelo 2025) is portrayed as a symbol of ecological resistance and healing that challenges dominant androanthropocentric worldviews through multispecies collaboration. The article analyses two stories from the new Lunarpunk Anthology (Norton-Kertson 2023) –to highlight storytelling as a form of magical activism. These narratives demonstrate speculative fiction’s capacity to imagine symbiotic, posthuman possible futures. Ultimately, the literary ecowitch becomes a visionary force in the Symbiocene (Albrecht 2019), fostering ecological reparation and resisting systemic eco-social injustices.

Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses(91)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
Openalex Percentile: Top 73%
Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
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