Almonds_NN2 were_VBD once_AV0 "_PUQ the_AT0 gold_NN1 of_PRF Mallorca_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ a_AT0 source_NN1 of_PRF modest_AJ0 wealth_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 pillar_NN1 of_PRF diversified_AJ0 farming_NN1 systems_NN2 for_PRP smallholders_NN2 on_PRP the_AT0 largest_AJS of_PRF Spain_NP0 's_POS Balearic_NP0 Islands_NP0 ._SENT Today_AV0 researchers_NN2 believe_VVB that_CJT nearly_AV0 every_AT0 rainfed_AJ0 almond_NN1 tree_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 island_NN1 will_VM0 be_VBI dead_AJ0 within_PRP as_AV0 few_DT0 as_CJS five_CRD years_NN2 ._SENT An_AT0 introduced_AJ0 bacteria_NN2 ,_PUN Xylella_NP0 fastidiosa_NP0 ,_PUN enabled_VVD by_PRP its_DPS spittle-bug_NN1 vector_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC emboldened_VVN by_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 ,_PUN has_VHZ flooded_VVN the_AT0 xylem_NN1 of_PRF these_DT0 rainfed_AJ0 trees_NN2 ,_PUN impeding_VVG the_AT0 flow_NN1 of_PRF fluid_NN1 and_CJC nutrients_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 point_NN1 where_AVQ the_AT0 tree_NN1 can_VM0 no_AV0 longer_AV0 survive_VVI ._SENT As_CJS a_AT0 localized_AJ0 island_NN1 issue_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 plant_NN1 epidemic_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 contained_AJ0 tragedy_NN1 ._SENT Once_CJS detected_VVN in_PRP mainland_NN1 Spain_NP0 ,_PUN it_PNP provoked_VVD a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF rural_AJ0 crisis_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS almond_NN1 farmers_NN2 ,_PUN farm_NN1 advisors_NN2 ,_PUN government_NN1 officials_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC scientists_NN2 grappled_VVN with_PRP this_DT0 new_AJ0 reality_NN1 ,_PUN often_AV0 with_PRP sharp_AJ0 disagreement_NN1 and_CJC blame_NN1 ,_PUN their_DPS words_NN2 were_VBD threaded_VVN together_AV0 by_PRP a_AT0 common_AJ0 fundamental_AJ0 concern_NN1 :_PUN care_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC cuidado_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ They_PNP should_VM0 apologize_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 farmers_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 almond_NN1 trees_NN2 were_VBD not_XX0 poorly_AV0 cared_VVN for_PRP [_PUL mal_AJ0 cuidados_NN2 ]_PUR "_PUQ quoted_VVD a_AT0 headline_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 local_AJ0 newspaper_NN1 (_PUL Cortés_NP0 2017_CRD )_PUR ._SENT The_AT0 featured_AJ0 interview_NN1 reflected_VVD the_AT0 frustrated_AJ0 exhaustion_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 agronomist_NN1 and_CJC almond_NN1 farmer_NN1 who_PNQ had_VHD tracked_VVN the_AT0 disease_NN1 early_AJ0 in_PRP its_DPS emergence_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS Tomeu_NP0 Melis_NP0 welcomed_VVD me_PNP to_PRP his_DPS farm_NN1 ,_PUN we_PNP passed_VVD through_PRP the_AT0 gate_NN1 and_CJC immediately_AV0 came_VVD upon_PRP the_AT0 carcass_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 enormous_AJ0 infected_AJ0 almond_NN1 tree_NN1 ,_PUN cut_VVN cleanly_AV0 at_PRP the_AT0 base_NN1 and_CJC severed_VVN into_PRP segments_NN2 to_TO0 facilitate_VVI removal_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 hillsides_NN2 beyond_AV0 were_VBD dotted_VVN with_PRP a_AT0 contrast_NN1 of_PRF vibrant_AJ0 carob_NN1 trees_NN2 and_CJC decaying_AJ0 almond_NN1 trees_NN2 navigated_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 small_AJ0 flock_NN1 of_PRF sheep_NN0 ._SENT Carob_NN1 trees_NN2 ,_PUN unaffected_AJ0 by_PRP the_AT0 new_AJ0 disease_NN1 ,_PUN would_VM0 be_VBI planted_VVN in_PRP place_NN1 of_PRF almonds_NN2 ,_PUN Tomeu_NP0 explained_VVD pragmatically_AV0 ._SENT The_AT0 lingering_AJ0 sting_NN1 of_PRF accusations_NN2 that_CJT farmers_NN2 lacked_VVD care_NN1 for_PRP their_DPS land_NN1 would_VM0 require_VVI a_AT0 more_AV0 complex_AJ0 and_CJC uncertain_AJ0 remedy_NN1 ._SENT What_DTQ does_VDZ it_PNP mean_VVI for_PRP farmers_NN2 to_TO0 care_VVI for_PRP trees_NN2 ?_SENT For_PRP a_AT0 government_NN1 to_TO0 care_VVI for_PRP farmers_NN2 ?_SENT For_PRP trees_NN2 to_TO0 care_VVI for_PRP a_AT0 diverse_AJ0 agroecological_AJ0 landscape_NN1 ?_SENT What_DTQ does_VDZ it_PNP mean_VVI to_TO0 fail_VVI to_TO0 care_VVI in_PRP these_DT0 contexts_NN2 ?_SENT Or_CJC to_TO0 be_VBI careless_AJ0 ?_SENT 
This_DT0 essay_NN1 elaborates_VVZ a_AT0 distinctly_AV0 feminist_AJ0 account_NN1 of_PRF Spain_NP0 's_POS faltering_AJ0 almond_NN1 assemblage_NN1 using_VVG two_CRD tools_NN2 :_PUN María_NP0 Puig_NP0 de_NP0 la_NP0 Bellacasa_NP0 's_POS (_PUL 2017_CRD )_PUR theorization_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 and_CJC Karen_NP0 Barad_NP0 's_POS (_PUL 2007_CRD )_PUR notion_NN1 of_PRF "_PUQ intra-activity_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Puig_NP0 de_NP0 la_NP0 Bellacasa_NP0 offers_VVZ a_AT0 theorization_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 that_CJT does_VDZ not_XX0 entirely_AV0 correspond_VVI to_PRP its_DPS vernacular_AJ0 usage_NN1 ._SENT Rather_AV0 than_CJS benevolent_AJ0 concern_NN1 ,_PUN care_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 ._SENT Research_NN1 on_PRP care_NN1 follows_VVZ in_PRP the_AT0 feminist_AJ0 tradition_NN1 of_PRF drawing_VVG attention_NN1 to_PRP unrecognized_AJ0 labors_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP Silvia_NP0 López_NP0 Gil_NP0 's_POS (_PUL 2007_CRD )_PUR description_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 as_CJS largely_AV0 unseen_AJ0 work_NN1 "_PUQ without_PRP which_DTQ life_NN1 does_VDZ not_XX0 function_VVI ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP is_VBZ embedded_VVN in_PRP everyday_AJ0 practice_NN1 (_PUL M_ZZ0 ._SENT Barnes_NP0 2012_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN so_AV0 seamless_AJ0 a_AT0 process_NN1 that_CJT it_PNP lacks_VVZ a_AT0 clear_AJ0 beginning_NN1 or_CJC end_NN1 ._SENT Centering_NN1 care_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 feminist_AJ0 approach_NN1 regardless_AV0 of_PRF the_AT0 gendered_AJ0 dimensions_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 lives_NN2 in_PRP question_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS examinations_NN2 of_PRF interdependence_NN1 ,_PUN maintenance_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC more-than-human_NN1 relations_NN2 have_VHB been_VBN marginalized_VVN by_PRP Western_AJ0 patriarchal_AJ0 values_NN2 privileging_VVG individuality_NN1 ,_PUN invention_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC human_AJ0 dominance_NN1 (_PUL Wynter_NP0 2003_CRD ;_PUN Puig_NP0 de_NP0 la_NP0 Bellacasa_NP0 2012_CRD ;_PUN Mattern_NP0 2018_CRD ;_PUN Russell_NP0 and_CJC Vinsel_NP0 2018_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Consonant_NN1 with_PRP new_AJ0 materialist_AJ0 approaches_NN2 ,_PUN care_NN1 for_PRP Puig_NP0 de_NP0 la_NP0 Bellacasa_NP0 (_PUL 2015_CRD ,_PUN 2017_CRD )_PUR includes_VVZ not_XX0 only_AV0 human_AJ0 acts_NN2 but_CJC the_AT0 activities_NN2 of_PRF an_AT0 assemblage_NN1 that_CJT promote_VVB ongoingness_NN1 —_PUN irrespective_AJ0 of_PRF scale_NN1 ,_PUN aliveness_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC species_NN0 ._SENT 
As_CJS Annemarie_NP0 Mol_NP0 (_PUL 2008_CRD ,_PUN 84_CRD )_PUR elaborates_VVZ ,_PUN "_PUQ articulating_VVG '_PUQ good_AJ0 care_NN1 '_POS is_VBZ an_AT0 intervention_NN1 rather_AV0 than_CJS factual_AJ0 assessment_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ As_CJS feminist_AJ0 scholars_NN2 introducing_VVG a_AT0 special_AJ0 issue_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 politics_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 argue_VVB ,_PUN "_PUQ practices_NN2 of_PRF care_NN1 are_VBB always_AV0 shot_VVN through_AVP with_PRP asymmetrical_AJ0 power_NN1 relations_NN2 "_PUQ (_PUL Martin_NP0 ,_PUN Myers_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Viseu_NP0 2015_CRD ,_PUN 3_CRD )_PUR ._SENT "_PUQ Care_NN1 organizes_VVZ ,_PUN classifies_VVZ and_CJC disciplines_VVZ bodies_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ the_AT0 authors_NN2 note_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP colonial_AJ0 governance_NN1 as_PRP an_AT0 instructive_AJ0 illustration_NN1 (_PUL Martin_NP0 ,_PUN Myers_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Viseu_NP0 2015_CRD ,_PUN 3_CRD )_PUR ._SENT They_PNP encourage_VVB a_AT0 critical_AJ0 approach_NN1 to_PRP care_NN1 that_CJT situates_VVZ care_NN1 practices_NN2 within_PRP relations_NN2 of_PRF power_NN1 and_CJC privilege_NN1 ._SENT Care_NN1 is_VBZ non-innocent_AJ0 ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF more-than-human_NN1 biopolitics_NN2 ,_PUN privileging_VVG the_AT0 maintenance_NN1 of_PRF certain_AJ0 lives_NN2 over_PRP others_NN2 ._SENT Care_NN1 is_VBZ ,_PUN to_TO0 quote_VVI Puig_NP0 de_NP0 la_NP0 Bellacasa_NP0 (_PUL 2017_CRD ,_PUN introduction_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN "_PUQ a_AT0 thick_AJ0 ,_PUN impure_AJ0 involvement_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 world_NN1 where_AVQ the_AT0 question_NN1 of_PRF how_AVQ to_TO0 care_VVI is_VBZ posed_VVN ._SENT "_PUQ She_PNP suggests_VVZ that_CJT as_CJS researchers_NN2 we_PNP look_VVB for_PRP where_AVQ this_DT0 question_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 easily_AV0 answered_VVN ._SENT 
Barad_NP0 's_POS (_PUL 2003_CRD )_PUR theory_NN1 of_PRF agential_AJ0 realism_NN1 provides_VVZ an_AT0 ontological_AJ0 foundation_NN1 for_PRP thinking_VVG with_PRP care_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP insists_VVZ that_CJT entities_NN2 do_VDB not_XX0 preexist_VVI their_DPS relatings_NN2 ._SENT Whereas_CJS interaction_NN1 implies_VVZ a_AT0 prior_AJ0 state_NN1 of_PRF independence_NN1 between_PRP distinct_AJ0 actors_NN2 ,_PUN her_DPS term_NN1 intra-action_NN1 maintains_VVZ their_DPS ongoing_AJ0 mutual_AJ0 co-constitution_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 blurring_NN1 of_PRF subject-object_AJ0 distinctions_NN2 becomes_VVZ palpable_AJ0 in_PRP the_AT0 circling_AJ0 blame_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 plant_NN1 epidemic_NN1 where_CJS causal_AJ0 mechanisms_NN2 are_VBB multiple_AJ0 and_CJC uncertain_AJ0 ,_PUN simultaneously_AV0 external_AJ0 and_CJC internal_AJ0 ._SENT Indeed_AV0 ,_PUN some_DT0 farmers_NN2 confronting_VVG Xylella_NP0 ultimately_AV0 argued_VVN for_PRP "_PUQ living_VVG with_PRP "_PUQ the_AT0 disease_NN1 by_PRP deepening_VVG the_AT0 long-term_AJ0 engagement_NN1 of_PRF scientists_NN2 and_CJC policymakers_NN2 in_PRP their_DPS community_NN1 ._SENT Their_DPS plea_NN1 underscores_VVZ how_AVQ the_AT0 narrow_AJ0 agronomic_AJ0 view_NN1 of_PRF disease_NN1 fails_VVZ to_TO0 acknowledge_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC may_VM0 even_AV0 undermine_VVI ,_PUN the_AT0 relational_AJ0 maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 and_CJC interdependence_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 core_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 agroecological_AJ0 system_NN1 's_POS resilience_NN1 ._SENT 
Environmental_AJ0 anthropology_NN1 has_VHZ long_AV0 attended_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 intimacy_NN1 of_PRF interspecies_NN0 linkages_NN2 in_PRP agrarian_AJ0 lifeways_NN2 (_PUL Evans-Pritchard_NP0 1940_CRD ;_PUN Conklin_NP0 1957_CRD ;_PUN Netting_NN1 1974_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Recent_AJ0 work_NN1 highlights_VVZ the_AT0 interacting_AJ0 agencies_NN2 of_PRF organisms_NN2 across_PRP scales_NN2 ,_PUN from_PRP microbes_NN2 (_PUL Paxson_NP0 2008_CRD )_PUR to_PRP forests_NN2 (_PUL Kohn_NP0 2013_CRD ;_PUN Tsing_NP0 2015_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Yet_AV0 despite_PRP the_AT0 significance_NN1 of_PRF plant_NN1 diseases_NN2 to_PRP empire-making_NN1 (_PUL Crosby_NP0 2004_CRD )_PUR and_CJC their_DPS suspected_AJ0 amplification_NN1 by_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 ,_PUN these_DT0 life-altering_AJ0 encounters_NN2 have_VHB received_VVN little_DT0 attention_NN1 (_PUL Seshia_NP0 Galvin_NP0 2018_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Anthropological_AJ0 scholarship_NN1 on_PRP pathogenesis_NN1 has_VHZ predominantly_AV0 focused_VVN on_PRP the_AT0 threats_NN2 animal_NN1 confinement_NN1 poses_VVZ to_PRP more-than-human_NN1 lives_NN2 (_PUL Dunn_NP0 2007_CRD ;_PUN Lowe_NP0 2010_CRD ;_PUN Porter_NP0 2013_CRD ;_PUN Blanchette_NP0 2015_CRD )_PUR ._SENT In_PRP studies_NN2 of_PRF agricultural_AJ0 plants_NN2 ,_PUN much_AV0 like_PRP their_DPS animal_NN1 counterparts_NN2 ,_PUN vulnerability_NN1 to_PRP disease_NN1 is_VBZ described_VVN largely_AV0 as_PRP a_AT0 product_NN1 of_PRF industrial_AJ0 conditions_NN2 of_PRF density_NN1 and_CJC uniformity_NN1 (_PUL Soluri_NP0 2005_CRD ;_PUN McCook_NP0 2006_CRD ;_PUN Guthman_NP0 2019_CRD )_PUR ._SENT The_AT0 case_NN1 of_PRF Xylella_NP0 in_PRP Spain_NP0 ,_PUN by_PRP contrast_NN1 ,_PUN reveals_VVZ the_AT0 pathogenic_AJ0 vulnerabilities_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 diversified_AJ0 agricultural_AJ0 system_NN1 struggling_VVG to_TO0 persist_VVI amid_PRP capitalist_AJ0 pressures_NN2 near_AV0 and_CJC far_AV0 ,_PUN both_AV0 within_PRP agriculture_NN1 and_CJC beyond_AV0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 socio-ecological_AJ0 devastation_NN1 of_PRF plant_NN1 disease_NN1 is_VBZ well_AV0 known_VVN ._SENT Plant_NN1 disease_NN1 famously_AV0 provoked_VVD mass_AJ0 migration_NN1 during_PRP the_AT0 Irish_AJ0 potato_NN1 famine_NN1 (_PUL Yoshida_NP0 et_NP0 al._NN1 2013_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN forever_AV0 changed_VVN the_AT0 ecology_NN1 of_PRF North_NP0 America_NP0 during_PRP the_AT0 chestnut_NN1 blight_NN1 (_PUL Biermann_NP0 2016_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC nearly_AV0 eliminated_VVN European_AJ0 wine_NN1 cultivation_NN1 (_PUL Campbell_NP0 2004_CRD )_PUR ._SENT As_CJS global_AJ0 transportation_NN1 networks_NN2 become_VVB increasingly_AV0 fluid_AJ0 (_PUL Chapman_NP0 et_NP0 al._NN1 2017_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN resistance_NN1 to_PRP agrochemicals_NN2 becomes_VVZ more_AV0 common_AJ0 (_PUL Gould_NP0 ,_PUN Brown_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Kuzma_NP0 2018_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN socioeconomic_AJ0 change_NN1 refashions_NN2 landscapes_NN2 (_PUL Meentemeyer_NP0 et_NP0 al._NN1 2008_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC climate_NN1 change_NN1 alters_VVZ the_AT0 ranges_NN2 and_CJC populations_NN2 of_PRF organisms_NN2 (_PUL Jones_NP0 2016_CRD ;_PUN Trębicki_NP0 et_NP0 al._NN1 2017_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN experts_NN2 expect_VVB plant_NN1 diseases_NN2 to_TO0 become_VVI more_AV0 frequent_AJ0 and_CJC possibly_AV0 more_AV0 destructive_AJ0 ._SENT 
Epidemiological_AJ0 accounts_NN2 of_PRF plant_NN1 disease_NN1 used_VVN by_PRP scientists_NN2 and_CJC policymakers_NN2 tend_VVB to_TO0 reify_VVI boundaries_NN2 ,_PUN positioning_VVG pathogens_NN2 as_PRP an_AT0 outside_AJ0 threat_NN1 or_CJC invasion_NN1 ._SENT Here_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP want_VVB to_TO0 draw_VVI attention_NN1 to_PRP how_AVQ pathogens_NN2 ,_PUN no_AT0 matter_NN1 their_DPS origin_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB produced_VVN from_PRP within_AV0 ._SENT Pathogenicity_NN1 describes_VVZ "_PUQ the_AT0 relational_AJ0 ways_NN2 in_PRP which_DTQ infectious_AJ0 diseases_NN2 are_VBB made_VVN "_PUQ (_PUL Hinchliffe_NP0 et_NP0 al._NP0 2017_CRD ,_PUN xiv_CRD )_PUR ._SENT I_PNP detail_VVB how_AVQ Spain_NP0 's_POS Xylella_NP0 epidemic_NN1 is_VBZ produced_VVN not_XX0 only_AV0 by_PRP bacteria_NN2 but_CJC also_AV0 by_PRP the_AT0 conditions_NN2 of_PRF possibility_NN1 created_VVN by_PRP tourism_NN1 ,_PUN unstable_AJ0 land_NN1 tenure_NN1 ,_PUN histories_NN2 of_PRF marginalization_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 retreat_NN1 of_PRF government_NN1 from_PRP farm_NN1 advising_VVG ._SENT Theorizing_VVG a_AT0 plant_NN1 epidemic_NN1 through_PRP care_NN1 allows_VVZ us_PNP to_TO0 uncover_VVI the_AT0 intra-action_NN1 of_PRF pathogenicity_NN1 and_CJC shift_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 politics_NN1 of_PRF purification_NN1 toward_PRP a_AT0 politics_NN1 of_PRF more-than-human_NN1 care_NN1 ._SENT 
To_TO0 admit_VVI the_AT0 intra-active_AJ0 quality_NN1 of_PRF pathogenicity_NN1 requires_VVZ acknowledging_VVG that_CJT containing_VVG the_AT0 pest_NN1 is_VBZ only_AV0 part_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 picture_NN1 ._SENT Such_DT0 an_AT0 admission_NN1 requires_VVZ a_AT0 political_AJ0 reckoning_NN1 that_CJT goes_VVZ beyond_PRP trade_NN1 restrictions_NN2 or_CJC government-funded_AJ0 tree_NN1 removal_NN1 and_CJC replacement_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP broadens_VVZ the_AT0 scope_NN1 of_PRF dialogue_NN1 to_TO0 reflect_VVI long-term_AJ0 commitments_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 land_NN1 ._SENT Understanding_NN1 landscape_NN1 care_NN1 as_CJS non-innocent_AJ0 avoids_VVZ a_AT0 good-bad_AJ0 dichotomy_NN1 ,_PUN asking_VVG difficult_AJ0 questions_NN2 about_PRP how_AVQ to_TO0 care_VVI ._SENT Answers_NN2 to_PRP this_DT0 question_NN1 may_VM0 be_VBI incommensurable_AJ0 ,_PUN as_CJS political_AJ0 projects_NN2 often_AV0 are_VBB (_PUL Tuck_NP0 and_CJC Yang_NP0 2012_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC carry_VVB uneven_AJ0 effects_NN2 ._SENT Care_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 a_AT0 shorthand_NN1 for_PRP universal_AJ0 values_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ a_AT0 call_NN1 to_TO0 give_VVI relational_AJ0 maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 the_AT0 political_AJ0 weight_NN1 it_PNP is_VBZ due_AJ0 ._SENT 
WORKING_VVG WITH_PRP CARE_NN1 
How_AVQ does_VDZ one_PNI observe_VVI and_CJC classify_VVI care_NN1 ?_SENT One_CRD way_NN1 is_VBZ by_PRP listening_VVG for_PRP the_AT0 multiple_AJ0 interpretations_NN2 of_PRF care_NN1 articulated_VVN by_PRP interlocutors_NN2 ._SENT I_PNP did_VDD not_XX0 begin_VVI this_DT0 research_NN1 seeking_VVG to_TO0 examine_VVI care_NN1 ,_PUN nor_CJC did_VDD I_PNP anticipate_VVI encountering_VVG an_AT0 epidemic_NN1 of_PRF such_DT0 dramatic_AJ0 proportions_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD the_AT0 voices_NN2 of_PRF my_DPS companions_NN2 repeatedly_AV0 deploying_VVG the_AT0 word_NN1 cuidado_NN1 and_CJC detailing_VVG the_AT0 decline_NN1 in_PRP rural_AJ0 maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 inherent_AJ0 to_PRP the_AT0 Xylella_NP0 outbreak_NN1 that_CJT drew_VVD me_PNP to_TO0 revisit_VVI and_CJC deepen_VVI my_DPS engagement_NN1 with_PRP theories_NN2 of_PRF care_NN1 in_PRP order_NN1 to_TO0 make_VVI sense_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 unexpected_AJ0 phenomenon_NN1 ._SENT While_CJS emic_AJ0 uses_NN2 of_PRF cuidado_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 etic_AJ0 theoretical_AJ0 concept_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 are_VBB not_XX0 perfectly_AV0 equivalent_AJ0 ,_PUN their_DPS resonance_NN1 felt_VVD too_AV0 strong_AJ0 to_TO0 be_VBI ignored_VVN ._SENT Cuidado_NP0 has_VHZ a_AT0 rich_AJ0 variety_NN1 of_PRF uses_NN2 ,_PUN including_VVG as_PRP a_AT0 common_AJ0 exclamation_NN1 of_PRF caution_NN1 (_PUL "_PUQ watch_VVB out_AVP !_SENT "_PUQ )_PUR and_CJC a_AT0 way_NN1 of_PRF describing_VVG nurturing_AJ0 ,_PUN attentiveness_NN1 ,_PUN concern_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC support_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 case_NN1 of_PRF Xylella_NP0 ,_PUN my_DPS interlocutors_NN2 often_AV0 deployed_VVN cuidado_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 negative_NN1 to_TO0 signal_VVI neglect_NN1 and_CJC assign_VVB responsibility_NN1 ,_PUN while_CJS in_PRP the_AT0 positive_NN1 it_PNP marked_VVD connections_NN2 and_CJC investments_NN2 among_PRP people_NN0 and_CJC with_PRP the_AT0 land_NN1 ._SENT Importantly_AV0 ,_PUN care_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 normatively_AV0 positive_AJ0 as_CJS it_PNP sustains_VVZ particular_AJ0 forms_NN2 of_PRF agrarian_AJ0 political_AJ0 economy_NN1 that_CJT benefit_VVB some_DT0 at_PRP the_AT0 expense_NN1 of_PRF others_NN2 ._SENT Both_AV0 the_AT0 emic_AJ0 and_CJC etic_AJ0 concepts_NN2 evoke_VVB interdependency_NN1 ,_PUN responsibility_NN1 ,_PUN caution_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 compilation_NN1 of_PRF actions_NN2 neither_AV0 unidirectional_AJ0 nor_CJC discrete_AJ0 nor_CJC exclusively_AV0 human_AJ0 that_CJT hold_VVB a_AT0 lifeworld_NN1 together_AV0 —_PUN for_PRP better_AV0 or_CJC for_PRP worse_AJC ._SENT 
Care_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 situated_VVN analytical_AJ0 practice_NN1 (_PUL Murphy_NP0 2015_CRD )_PUR is_VBZ not_XX0 limited_AJ0 to_PRP discourse_NN1 analysis_NN1 (_PUL J_NP0 ._SENT Barnes_NP0 and_CJC Taher_NP0 2019_CRD )_PUR ._SENT I_PNP read_VVD care_NN1 as_PRP relational_AJ0 maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 ,_PUN often_AV0 at_PRP a_AT0 scale_NN1 that_CJT passes_VVZ unnoticed_AJ0 until_CJS interrupted_VVN ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ the_AT0 compounding_AJ0 impact_NN1 of_PRF microlevel_AJ0 engagements_NN2 that_CJT cumulatively_AV0 sustain_VVB a_AT0 way_NN1 of_PRF being_VBG ._SENT To_TO0 do_VDI something_PNI carefully_AV0 is_VBZ to_TO0 be_VBI atypically_AV0 mindful_AJ0 of_PRF its_DPS subtleties_NN2 and_CJC implications_NN2 ._SENT Articulations_NN2 of_PRF care_NN1 are_VBB often_AV0 voiced_VVN when_CJS seeking_VVG to_TO0 remedy_VVI an_AT0 undesirable_AJ0 quality_NN1 of_PRF existing_AJ0 patterns_NN2 of_PRF maintenance_NN1 work_NN1 ,_PUN imploring_VVG others_NN2 to_TO0 pay_VVI attention_NN1 to_PRP (_PUL care_VVB about_AV0 )_PUR something_PNI otherwise_AV0 taken_VVN for_PRP granted_VVN ._SENT While_CJS care_NN1 operates_VVZ discursively_AV0 ,_PUN it_PNP need_VM0 not_XX0 be_VBI stated_VVN to_TO0 be_VBI recognized_VVN ._SENT Garbage_NN1 collectors_NN2 may_VM0 not_XX0 characterize_VVI their_DPS labor_NN1 as_PRP care_NN1 ,_PUN yet_AV0 it_PNP keeps_VVZ urban_AJ0 life_NN1 flowing_VVG and_CJC its_DPS cessation_NN1 would_VM0 quickly_AV0 raise_VVI alarm_NN1 ._SENT Earthworms_NN2 cannot_NN1 use_NN1 words_NN2 ,_PUN yet_AV0 their_DPS daily_AJ0 digestion_NN1 maintains_VVZ the_AT0 fertility_NN1 of_PRF soils_NN2 ,_PUN facilitating_VVG continued_AJ0 farming_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 politics_NN1 of_PRF care_NN1 constitute_VVB a_AT0 politics_NN1 of_PRF relational_AJ0 maintenance_NN1 :_PUN what_DTQ relations_NN2 are_VBB being_VBG sustained_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC to_PRP what_DTQ ends_VVZ ?_SENT 
This_DT0 article_NN1 derives_VVZ insights_NN2 from_PRP interviews_NN2 with_PRP farmers_NN2 ,_PUN managers_NN2 of_PRF almond_NN1 grower_NN1 cooperatives_NN2 ,_PUN government_NN1 officials_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC scientists_NN2 in_PRP Mallorca_NP0 (_PUL Balearic_NP0 Islands_NP0 Autonomous_AJ0 Community_NN1 )_PUR and_CJC Alicante_NP0 (_PUL Valencia_NP0 Autonomous_AJ0 Community_NN1 )_PUR ;_PUN participant_NN1 observation_NN1 at_PRP farmer_NN1 organizing_VVG meetings_NN2 to_TO0 discuss_VVI the_AT0 epidemic_NN1 ;_PUN and_CJC analysis_NN1 of_PRF archival_AJ0 records_NN2 and_CJC secondary_AJ0 sources_NN2 relevant_AJ0 to_PRP Spain_NP0 's_POS almond_NN1 ecology_NN1 ._SENT Through_PRP these_DT0 engagements_NN2 I_PNP drew_VVD the_AT0 landscape_NN1 itself_PNX into_PRP walking_VVG interviews_NN2 (_PUL Bergeron_NP0 ,_PUN Paquette_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Poullaouec-Gonidec_NP0 2014_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN seeking_VVG to_TO0 understand_VVI the_AT0 multiple_AJ0 ways_NN2 my_DPS interlocutors_NN2 read_VVD the_AT0 landscape_NN1 for_PRP relations_NN2 between_PRP people_NN0 ,_PUN trees_NN2 ,_PUN bacteria_NN2 ,_PUN insect_NN1 vectors_NN2 ,_PUN climate_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC more_AV0 ._SENT A_AT0 landscape_NN1 ,_PUN rather_AV0 than_CJS land_NN1 ,_PUN is_VBZ an_AT0 assemblage_NN1 of_PRF more-than-human_NN1 relations_NN2 rich_AJ0 with_PRP history_NN1 ,_PUN economy_NN1 ,_PUN cultural_AJ0 practice_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC aesthetic_AJ0 values_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 orchard_NN1 form_NN1 itself_PNX —_PUN pruned_VVD ,_PUN spaced_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC distinctively_AV0 assembled_VVN —_PUN reveals_VVZ histories_NN2 of_PRF more-than-human_NN1 sociality_NN1 (_PUL Tsing_NP0 2014_CRD ;_PUN Mathews_NP0 2018_CRD )_PUR ._SENT The_AT0 material_NN1 contours_NN2 of_PRF Spain_NP0 's_POS almond_NN1 ecologies_NN2 thus_AV0 served_VVN not_XX0 only_AV0 as_CJS objects_NN2 of_PRF study_NN1 but_CJC also_AV0 as_CJS key_AJ0 participants_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 research_NN1 process_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP examining_VVG the_AT0 intricacies_NN2 of_PRF landscape_NN1 care_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP build_VVB on_PRP multispecies_AJ0 ethnographic_AJ0 approaches_NN2 (_PUL Kirksey_NP0 and_CJC Helmreich_NP0 2010_CRD ;_PUN Ogden_NP0 ,_PUN Hall_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC Tanita_NP0 2013_CRD )_PUR and_CJC more-than-human_AJ0 geographic_AJ0 thought_NN1 (_PUL Braun_NP0 2006_CRD ;_PUN Whatmore_NP0 2006_CRD ;_PUN Panelli_NP0 2010_CRD ;_PUN Robbins_NP0 and_CJC Marks_NP0 2010_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN fields_NN2 deeply_AV0 indebted_AJ0 to_TO0 ,_PUN though_CJS often_AV0 lacking_VVG engagement_NN1 with_PRP ,_PUN Indigenous_AJ0 thought_NN1 (_PUL TallBear_NP0 2011_CRD ;_PUN Sundberg_NP0 2014_CRD ;_PUN Todd_NP0 2017_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Such_DT0 approaches_NN2 serve_VVB to_PRP decenter_NN1 humans_NN2 as_PRP exclusive_AJ0 protagonists_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC instead_AV0 bring_VVB relations_NN2 among_PRP beings_NN2 —_PUN plant_NN1 ,_PUN animal_NN1 (_PUL humans_NN2 included_VVN )_PUR ,_PUN mineral_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC otherwise_AV0 —_PUN to_PRP the_AT0 foreground_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP find_VVB this_DT0 approach_NN1 particularly_AV0 necessary_AJ0 because_CJS plant_NN1 disease_NN1 is_VBZ inherently_AV0 relational_AJ0 across_PRP species_NN0 categories_NN2 ._SENT Xylella_NP0 fastidiosa_NP0 alone_AV0 is_VBZ simply_AV0 a_AT0 bacterium_NN1 ;_PUN disease_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS a_AT0 phenomenon_NN1 ,_PUN exists_VVZ as_PRP a_AT0 pathogen-host-vector-environment_NN1 complex_NN1 (_PUL Scholthof_NP0 2007_CRD )_PUR ._SENT As_CJS a_AT0 matter_NN1 of_PRF ethics_NN0 ,_PUN this_DT0 approach_NN1 proffers_VVZ a_AT0 modest_AJ0 and_CJC imperfect_AJ0 attempt_NN1 to_TO0 break_VVI from_PRP patterns_NN2 of_PRF human_AJ0 exceptionalism_NN1 that_CJT have_VHB enabled_VVN socio-ecological_AJ0 violence_NN1 (_PUL Wynter_NP0 2003_CRD ;_PUN Weheliye_NP0 2014_CRD )_PUR ._SENT To_TO0 be_VBI clear_AJ0 ,_PUN this_DT0 is_VBZ not_XX0 a_AT0 matter_NN1 of_PRF demonstrating_VVG nonhuman_AJ0 agency_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC rather_AV0 an_AT0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 eschew_VVI bounded_AJ0 objects_NN2 in_PRP favor_NN1 of_PRF relations_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ are_VBB always_AV0 more-than-human_AJ0 ._SENT I_PNP do_VDB not_XX0 intend_VVI to_TO0 prove_VVI that_CJT Xylella_NP0 fastidiosa_NP0 can_VM0 "_PUQ speak_VVI "_PUQ (_PUL Mitchell_NP0 2002_CRD )_PUR through_PRP its_DPS impacts_NN2 ;_PUN rather_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP show_VVB how_AVQ the_AT0 materiality_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 disease_NN1 event_NN1 exposes_VVZ a_AT0 deterioration_NN1 of_PRF more-than-human_NN1 relations_NN2 ._SENT 
