Ontogenealogies of body-environments: Perspectives for an experiential ontological shift

In this article, I invite an ontogenealogical approach to the analysis of the lived, experienced materiality of the body-environment assemblage. In particular, the article explores the tie between the bio(il)logical and biopolitical, characterizing this tie as a twofold ontogenealogical linkage that both a) reflects the genealogical character of life itself, as well as b) invites a critical analysis of the prevailing ontologies as co-constructive of lived materialities. The significance of the ontoge-nealogical approach is studied in context with the parallelism between the geneal-ogies of the self and the environment, highlighting the need for elaborating a critique of the dominant imaginaries of the human self via the notions of the abject and body-environment processuality. The article highlights the potential of considering local ontogenealogies that reflect alternative ontologies and run parallel to the dominant paradigm of the Global North.