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- Morten Tønnessen
- Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
- Førsteamanuensis ved Universitetet i Stavanger. Platonisk prostituert. Utopist.
Brief academic CV
- 1 Associate professor (25% > 100%) at University of Stavanger (Department of Health Studies) in 2012
- 2 Doctoral degree from University of Tartu (Department of Semiotics), Estonia
- 3 PhD supervisor: Kalevi Kull; supplementary supervisor: Winfried Nöth (Universität Kassel/Catholic University of São Paulo)
- 4 Title of PhD thesis (defended December 15th 2011): "Umwelt Transition and Uexküllian Phenomenology. An Ecosemiotic Analysis of Norwegian Wolf Management"
- 5 A main researcher in Timo Maran´s research project (2009-2012) "Dynamical Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations" ( ETF/ESF 7790)
- 6 A main researcher in the 2008-2010 research project "The Cultural Heritage of Environmental Spaces. A Comparative Analysis Between Estonia and Norway" (EEA--ETF Grant EMP 54 - participating until Sept. 30, 2010)
- 7 Senior personnel (2010-2011) in Kalevi Kull's research project "Biosemiotic models of semiosis" (ETF/EST 8403)
- 8 Personnel in the Center of Excellence in Cultural Theory (CECT) semiotics research group 'Meaning-generation and transdisciplinary methodology of semiotic analysis of culture' 2008-2011
- 9 Main organizer of the Tartu workshops on the semiotics/phenomenology of perception (Feb. 2009)
- 9.1 Guest-editor with Kati Lindström of special issue of Biosemiotics (3(3)), 'Semiotics of Perception' (2010), and with Riin Magnus and Nelly Mäekivi of special issue of Hortus Semioticus (no. 6), 'Semiotics of nature' (2010)
- 9.2 Editor with Kadri Tüür of The Semiotics of Animal Representations (Rodopi, forthcoming in 2012)
- 9.3 Editor with Guri Larsen and Ragnhild Sollund of the Norwegian HAS anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? (Spartacus, forthcoming in 2013)
- 9.4 Member of the editorial board of the journal Biosemiotics 2010-
- 9.5 Various assignments (lecturer, examiner, research assistant) for University of Agder and University of Stavanger 2009 - 2011
- 9.6 Secretary and national representative for Norway in the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies 2011-
- 9.7 Minding Animals Norway Alternative Representative in Minding Animals International's Board of Directors, August 2011-; and board member for (and founding member of) Minding Animals Norway
- 9.8 Founding member and member of the board of "Arne i 100", an NGO celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Arne Næss (1912-2009) August 2011-
- 9.9 Member of Nordic Society for Phenomenology 2009-, Nordic HAS 2010-, Concerned Scientists Norway 2011-
Upcoming academic events
- Dyreetikkonferansen 2012: Dyret bak maten og mennesket bak forbrukeren (Oslo, norway, September 21, 2012)
- Gatherings in biosemiotics 12 (Tartu, Estonia, July 17-22, 2012)
- Language and Life workshop (Tartu, Estonia, July 15, 2012)
- Minding Animals 2 (Utrecht, July 4-6, 2012)
- Minding Animals Norges forskningsseminar 2012: Dyr, menneske og mat: Dyreetikk i landbruket (Oslo, Norway, September 22, 2012)
- The Semiotics of Animal Representation (edited collection, editors Morten Tønnessen and Kadri Tüür - forthcoming, Rodopi)
- Workshop: The Rhetoric of Human-Animal Relations (Oslo, May 29-30, 2012)
Past events
- 10th World Congress in Semiotics (Spain, September 22-26, 2009)
- 52nd research seminar of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology: Globalization in criminology (Hønefoss, May 10-12, 2010)
- 6th European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) conference (Turku, 28 June - 2 July, 2011)
- Arne i 100 (100-year anniversary of Arne Næss - Oslo, Norway, January 27 2012)
- Christianssand Protestfestival 2011 (Kristiansand, Norway, September 3-9, 2011)
- Climate change: Global Risks, Challanges and Decisions (Copenhagen, March 2009)
- Defence of doctoral thesis at the University of Tartu, December 15th 2011
- Den nasjonale konferansen om rovvilt, beitedyr og samfunn (Hamar, Norway, 31 Oct - 1 Nov, 2011)
- First World Congress on Environmental History (Copenhagen, August 4-8th 2009)
- Gatherings in Biosemiotics 10 (Braga, Portugal, June 22-27, 2010)
- Gatherings in biosemiotics 11 (New York, June 21-26, 2011)
- Gatherings in Biosemiotics 9 (Prague, June 30th - July 4th 2009)
- Kriminalpolitisk seminar (Oslo, November 11th)
- Lecture on the global species in criminology seminar (Oslo, October 19, 2011)
- Minding Animals Oslo: Shared Worlds (October 14-15, 2011)
- Minding Animals Uppsala: Zooethnographies (Uppsala, October 17-18, 2011)
- Semiotics of Perception - special issue of BIOSEMIOTICS (vol. 3, no. 3 - December 2010)
- Seventh Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (May 6-8, 2011)
- SI of Hortus Semioticus 'Semiotics of nature'
- Spatiality, memory and visualisation of culture/nature relationships: theoretical aspects (Tallinn, October 22-24th 2009)
- The 60th International Congress of Phenomenology (Bergen, Aug. 10-13, 2010)
- The course ´Semiotics and phenomenology´ (Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu, 11-13 April and 16-18 May 2011)
- What's wrong with nature? (2008)
- Workshop: Animal Minds (2009)
- Workshop: The Ecology of Perception. Landscapes in Culture and Nature (2009)
- Workshop: The History, Philosophy and Future of Ethology (Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2011)
Some related academic links
- Arne i 100 (100-year anniversary of philosopher Arne Næss (1912-2009))
- Center of Excellence in Cultural Theory
- Concerned Scientists Norway
- Conference: Zoosemiotics and animal representations
- Department of Health Studies (UiS)
- Department of Semiotics (Tartu Ülikool)
- Dynamical zoosemiotics and animal representations (project)
- Homepage of David Rothenberg
- International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)
- International society for biosemiotic studies
- Jakob von Uexküll Centre (Tartu)
- Language and Life (research cluster in the Distributed Language Group)
- Minding Animals International
- Minding Animals Norway
- The Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (site under construction)
- The Nordic Society for Phenomenology
- Umweb's zoosemiotics portal
- University of Stavanger (UiS)
Current research fields
- Biosemiotics and zoosemiotics
- Climate change
- Deep ecology (as developed by Arne Næss)
- Domestication
- Ecophilosophy and ecosemiotics
- Environmental ethics, semioethics
- Environmental history
- Environmentalism, activism
- Epistemology
- Ontology
- Phenomenology (especially eco-)
- Philosophy of science (especially biology)
- Semiotic economy
- Wolf ecology and wildlife management
Further academic interests
- Demography
- Economy (especially historical, and future)
- Existentialism
- Political philosophy
- Semiotic threshold
- Technology studies
Blog Archive
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May
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- UiB's presentation of panel on nature view
- Panel discussion on nature view in Bergen
- Animal rhetoric paper written
- Biosemiotics: ISBS to hold first General Meeting e...
- Introduction chapter for animal representations bo...
- More assessments for UiA
- Talk at HAS rhetorics workshop scheduled for May 2...
- Wolf lecture in Rendalen scheduled for June 6
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- Abstract: "Introducing semiotic economy"
- Abstract: "Existential universals: A link between ...
- Two papers accepted for presentation at Imatra Sum...
- Lecture on global species to be repeated autumn 20...
- Minding Animals Norway's first hearing statement, ...
- Nordic HAS portal
- Electoral program of Morten Tønnessen, running for...
- New rules for my work week
- Academic travels - June, July
- Abstract accepted for Minding Animals conference: ...
- Abstract accepted for Minding Animals conference: ...
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March
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- Assignments for the University of Agder later this...
- Running for position as member of the board of UiS...
- Abstract: The conceptual Umwelt and its role in th...
- Article on formal/informal predator management tur...
- Update on book chapter "Existential universals"
- CFP (in Norwegian): Minding Animals Norges forskni...
- Profile on Academia.edu updated
- Nordic Semiotic Paradigms – NASS 25 years: Where d...
- Academic travels planned for March 18-22
- Attending seminar at UiS on web-based bachelor in ...
- Continuation with complications
- Multiple choice tests assessed
- Presentation accepted for biosemiotics and culture...
- Hoffmeyer Festschrift received - bibliographical r...
- Rendalen lecture: Title; date scheduled
- Lessons from this spring's teaching
- Overseeing multiple choice exam for nursing studen...
- Teaching at UiS: Third gathering
- Teaching at UiS: Second gathering
- Teaching at UiS: First gathering
- Stavanger: Meeting on the bachelor in nursing; loo...
- To be scribe for Animals and philosophy roundtable...
- Programme for HAS rhetorics workshop; presentation...
- HAS rhetorics workshop: Abstract accepted
- Abstract: "Animals craving for meaning in the Anth...
- No trip to world congress of semiotics in China
- Phenomenology anthology in Google Books
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