The Char and the Oystercatcher. The Value of the Wild in Rossfjord, North Norway

This ethnographic study explores and compares the relationships that locals in Rossfjord, North Norway, have to oystercatcher sea-going Arctic char respectively. Both these animals are highly valued locally, while valuations at first look very different. The is protected by building bin-cases for its nesting, killed eaten. Discussing against value theory of David Graeber, I argue they both connect an underlying perception freedom autonomy wild animals, where what not fully understood enhances experience wonder appreciation call wild.