"Thinking about animals..." book to appear in paperback edition

We have been informed that a paperback edition of our book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene, published by Lexington Books, will be published this Spring. The hardcover edition appears in 2016.

Program for 4th and final "Animals in changing environments" research seminar

The program for the 4th and final Norwegian research seminar of the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" is now available online, at the webpage of the project (in English and in Norwegian).

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4th Norwegian research seminar of ”Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis” (EMP151)

Venue: Lecture room KA-U-020 (Kjell Arholms hus)

Thursday December 15th

10.00-10.20 Morten Tønnessen (UIS): Welcome

10.20-11.00 Kadri Tüür (University of Tartu): ”The Semiotics of nature representations”

11.00-11.40 Kristin Armstrong Oma (AM/UIS): ”Living with animals in the Bronze Age”

11.40-12.20 Laura Kiiroja (University of Tartu): "Socialization of wolves"

12.20-13.20 Lunch break

13.20-14.00: Nelly Mäekivi (University of Tartu): ”Semiotic analysis and modelling of zoological gardens: an overview of PhD thesis”

14.00-14.40: Paul Thibault (University of Agder): ”Multimodal cultural thematic analysis of the interview data”

14.40-15.20 Riin Magnus (University of Tartu): ”The semiotics of guide dog work”

15.20-15.30 Break

15.30-16.30 General discussion

 — Ideas about theoretical synthesis, developing research programs

 — Future plans, possible collaboration

Friday December 16th

10:00-10.40 Silver Rattasepp (University of Tartu): ”Animals and the empirico-transcendental doublet”

10.40-11.20 Timo Maran (University of Tartu): ”Premises and lineaments of a general research model in Zoosemiotics”

11.20-12:00 Morten Tønnessen (UIS): ”The semiotics of predation and the nature of human beings”

Full reference for Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene

Here is the full reference for our recent book:

Tønnessen, Morten, Kristin Armstrong Oma and Silver Rattasepp (eds) (2016). Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books. Partially available in Google Books.

Reference for "Thinking about animals..." introductory chapter

Here´s the bibliographical reference for the introductory chapter in Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene, written by Kristin Armstrong Oma and myself:

Tønnessen, Morten and Kristin Armstrong Oma (2016). Introduction: Once upon a time in the Anthropocene. In Morten Tønnessen, Silver Rattasepp and Kristin Armstrong Oma (eds), Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene (Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books), vii–xix.

Cover of "Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene"

See here for info from the publisher, Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield).

Program for seminar on Alice Crary´s Inside Ethics

On April 25th, Cato Wittusen and I organise a seminar at University of Stavanger, in the name of the research area (programområde) "Conditions of normativity", at the occasion of the publication of Alice Crary´s book Inside Ethics: On the Demands of Moral Thought (Harvard University Press, 2016).

Program: 

12.00-12.15 Welcome - Cato Wittusen, Universitetet i Stavanger

12.15-12.30  ”On Human-Animal Studies/Anthrozoology” - Kristin Armstrong Oma, Universitetet i Stavanger/AMS

12.30-13.30 ”Inside Ethics - On the Demands of Moral Thought” - Alice Crary,  The New School for Social Research, New York

13.30-14.00 Break

14.00-14.45 ”Comments on chapter 3, ’More on Animal Minds: Dogs and Concepts’" - Kevin M. Cahill, Universitetet i Bergen

14.45-15.30 "Comments on the book with an eye to animal ethics and Human-Animal Studies" - Morten Tønnessen, Universitetet i Stavanger

15.30-16.00 Discussion

"Thinking about animals..." book in Google Books

Our book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene, published now in April by Lexington Books, is now partially available in Google Books.

"Thinking about animals..." book proof-read; index compiled

Friday night I finished proof-reading (along with co-editors Kristin Armstrong Oma and Silver Rattasepp) and compiling the index of the forthcoming book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene.

"Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene" resubmitted and sent to production

We have just resubmitted manuscript files for the book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene to Lexington Books, after a round of edits etc. The book has now been sent to production.

Anthropocene book introductory chapter finished

Last Friday I finished the introductory chapter to Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene, "Introduction: Once upon a time in the Anthropocene", co-authored with Kristin Armstrong Oma.

Book manuscript submitted; new book title

I have just submitted 30 files to Lexington Books - the edited collection work-titled Animals in the Anthropocene, edited by me, Silver Rattasepp and Kristin Armstrong Oma, and now titled Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene.

Draft of introductory chapter finished

Yesterday I finished the draft of the introductory chapter to the book work-titled Animals in the Anthropocene, "Introduction: Once upon a time in the Anthropocene", which I am co-authoring with Kristin Armstrong Oma.

Conference "Animals in the Anthropocene" held in Stavanger

The international conference "Animals in the Anthropocene: Human–animal relations in a changing semiosphere" was organised on University of Stavanger September 17-19th, with related events September 20th. Some 79 participants attended the conference. Feedback has been positive. 

Although I could not be in Stavanger for the conference, I had regular contact with Kristin Armstrong Oma and Laura Kiiroja, members of the Local organising committee, on organisational matters.

See also:

Father again; not attending "my" conference

Book contract signed

Today we´ve signed the book contract with Lexington Books.

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Book contract for "Animals in the Anthropocene"; book project moving ahead

Book contract for "Animals in the Anthropocene"; book project moving ahead

Today we´ve been offered a book contract with Lexington Books, an imprint of Littlefield & Rowman, for the edited collection Animals in the Anthropocene, which will appear April 2016 in their book series "Ecocritical Theory and Practice". The volume will be edited by me, Kristin Armstrong Oma and Silver Rattasepp.

Program for 3rd research seminar of "Animals in changing environments"

Here´s the program for the 3rd research seminar of the Norwegian research group of the Estonian-Norwegian research project "Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis" (EMP151), to be held at University of Stavanger Friday June 5th:

10.00-10.15 Welcome

10.15-11.00 Riin Magnus (University og Tartu): "A semiotic analysis of guide dog teams’ work"

11.00-11.45 Kristin Armstrong Oma (Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger): "The sheep people: the embodied experience of living with and of sheep"

11.45-12.00 Break

12.00-13.30 Paul Thibault (University of Agder) & Morten Tønnessen (University of Stavanger): "Human Perceptions of Wolves and other Animals in Kristiansand, Kautokeino and Rendalen"

13.30-14.30 Lunch

See also the project´s Norwegian home page.