Introduction
The Vibrant Village
Thijs Schut and Nikki Mulder

Moral Appreciation
Caring for Post-Socialist Cows in Contemporary Serbia
Andre Thiemann

‘Opening Up’ the Village
Canoes, Conservation and Contending with Transformation in Amazonia
Elliott Oakley

The Village in the City
Urban Experiences through Accounts of Rural Life in Belize
Giuseppe Troccoli

‘The Village’ as a Site for Multispecies Innovation
Rethinking the Village in Response to the Anthropocene
Fenna Smits and Rebeca Ibáñez Martín

‘The Village’ as Entangled
An Exploration of Rural Libraries in Northern Malawi
Thandeka Cochrane

‘Living Honourably and Independently’
Dreaming of a Good Village Life in an African Rural Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site
Gemma Aellah and Aloise Okoth

In conversation: Friendship

• Comments on ‘friendship’
  Beate Volker