UTOPISM. *** In the long run, nothing else is realistic. *** Welcome to the English language blog of Morten Tønnessen, Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies.
Today I have had half an article writing day, with work done revising my article "Prolegomena to lifeworld-oriented studies of contested climate pasts and futures" which has been submitted to Journal of Cognitive Historiography. In the process I added some 150 words to the manuscript. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 22 including 7,5 article writing days.
See also:
Book review "A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare" published in Biosemiotics
A book review I have written has just been published in Biosemiotics.
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2026. A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare. Book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren, Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, De Gruyter Mouton 2025. Biosemiotics. Published online October 9th 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-026-09668-8
On September 9th a radio interview featuring me and two others, titled «Vil KI lære oss å snakke med dyr?» (Will AI teach us to talk to animals?), aired on the program "Lokalen" on NRK Rogaland. The journalist was Ingvill Bjorland.
My chronicle (or guest commentary) "Dyr i øst og vest" (Animals in east and west) was recently published in Dyrebeskyttelsen´s magazine Dyrenes forsvarer no. 3, 2026.
It has now been made public that the 15th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XV), which will be organized in Kristianstad, Sweden, will be held June 16-18th 2027.
Today I have had half an article writing day, with work done in relation to the interview that Federico Comollo has conducted with Michael Marder and me, and proof-reading conducted for my book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren´s book Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, titled "A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare", which is forthcoming in Biosemiotics. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 21,5 including 7 article writing days.
Today I have had an article writing day, with work done in relation to the article "Kan velferd og miljø måles i forlengelsen av BNP?" (literally: Can welfare and environment be measured as an extension of GDP?) which I have co-written with Jan Karlstrøm and which is currently under consideration in Samfunn og økonomi. In the process I added some 200 words to the manuscript. Moreover, I did some work related to an interview that Federico Comollo has conducted with Michael Marder and me.
This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 21 including 6,5 article writing days.
