KIN FELINA begins with cats and with the people who care for them. But KIN expresses something broader: care begins when we recognise that we are connected.
Kin is a simple English word. It speaks of close relations, of those we consider part of our circle. At KIN FELINA, the idea goes beyond family or biological relatedness. It invites us to ask who shares our world and what connects us to other living beings.
Life is never entirely isolated. We care, depend, share and are transformed by what we are connected to.
Marshall Sahlins described kinship as a mutuality of being: a form of belonging in which we participate in one another's existence. What happens to one person can deeply affect another. This idea also helps us understand the relationship between people, cats, territory and community.
Belonging is not only about sharing an origin. It is also about participating in one another's lives.
A multispecies perspective questions the assumption that human beings inhabit a world separate from the rest of life. It does not erase differences between species or claim that all beings are the same. It asks us to notice the worlds we create together and the relationships on which we depend.
Interdependence · care · coexistence · reciprocity · belonging · responsibility
This is why KIN FELINA is not simply a structure that acts upon animals. It is a way of connecting people who are currently working in isolation, recognising those who are already caring and creating collaboration where there has been fragmentation.
Who are we willing to recognise as part of our shared world?