Human distinctiveness paper available via ResearchGate etc.; bibliographical reference

My essay "Menneskedyret og dets plass i verden" [The human animal and its place in the world], in Norwegian, has been uploaded as a full-text PDF to Scribd, Academia.edu and ResearchGate. The latter venue it has been given a DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3365.4402. Reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2014. Menneskedyret og dets plass i verden [The human animal and its place in the world]. Published online in the blog of Minding Animals Norway July 23rd 2014; ResearchGate July 23rd 2014 (DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3365.4402).

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Article on human distinctiveness not accepted for publication in Agora

"Outside the circle" text posted in Minding Animals blog

My text "Utenfor sirkelen" [Outside the circle], in Norwegian - see previous posts - written on invitation for an art exhibition by Jørund Aase Falkenberg and addressing the history of human-animal relations, has been posted in the Minding Animals Norway blog - see here. The text has previously been published on the artist's webpage.

Post on "Wolf play" video clip in Minding Animals blog

On November 12th last year I wrote and got posted "Ulvelek fra Bardu til Discovery" [Wolf play from Bardu to Discovery channel] in the blog of Minding Animals Norway.

See the Youtube clip "Wolf play" here.

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Video clip 'Wolf play' to be featured in Discovery documentary

Board meeting of Minding Animals Norway attended

Monday this week I took part in, and chaired, the regular, bimonthly board meeting of Minding Animals Norway. The organisation has not had many membership requests lately, but has plenty of plans for activities this year. Topics included new routines for the Minding Animals Norway blog, where all board members will contribute in the time to come.

Post in Minding Animals blog about UiS seminar

A couple of weeks ago I posted "UiS-seminar om ulv, sjakal og husdyr" [University of Stavanger seminar on wolves, jackals and domesticated animals] in the blog of Minding Animals Norway. The blog post envelops the program for this seminar, which will take place this Friday, and related information.

Symbolic construction of Big Bad Wolf abstract posted in Minding Animals blog

Today "The symbolic construction of the Big Bad Wolf in contemporary Scandinavia" was posted in the blog of Minding Animals Norway. The text is an abstract for my upcoming presentation at the First Norwegian Research Seminar – Animals in Changing Environments: Cultural mediation and Semiotic Analysis (December 13, 2013 – University of Stavanger, Norway). You can register by sending an email.

The text has already been posted here in Utopian Realism.

Blog post on "Beyond sentience" abstract

This week, in the blog of Minding Animals Norway, I have blogged under the title "Beyond sentience: Biosemiotics as foundation for animal and environmental ethics". The post consists of a commented version of the abstract with the same name written by Jonathan Beever and myself. The abstract is in English, the comments in Norwegian.

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Abstract to animal meta-ethics anthology: "Beyond sentience: Biosemiotics asfoundation for animal and environmental ethics" (January 2013)

"Beyond sentience" book chapter finished (November 1st 2013)

Ordvalg abstract and link to analysis of political party programs in Minding Animals blog

Yesterday I blogged in the blog of Minding Animals Norway, with a post entitled "Ordvalg – en kritisk lesning av omtalen av dyr i norske partiprogrammer" [Word choice/election - a critical reading of the mention of animals in Norwegian political programs].

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Abstract submitted to Minding Animals Norway's 3rd research seminar; analysis of Norwegian political programs conducted

Sociology debate letter to the editor posted in Minding Animals blog

This week's post in the Minding Animals Norway blog is written by me. Entitled "Er ikke dyr blant samfunnets svakeste?" [Aren't animals among society's weakest?], the text was originally published as a letter to the editor in the Norwegian daily Dagbladet July 16th.

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Letter to the editor in Norwegian daily Dagbladet: "Aren't animals among society'sweakest?" (July)

Post in the Minding Animals blog on a young seagull and a kitten

This week's post in the blog of Minding Animals Norway is written by me. It is entitled "Måkeungen og kattungen: En historie fra virkeligheten om Brannvesenet og Viltnemnda" [The young seagull and the kitten: A real life story about the fire brigade and the /Wildlife Committee/]. The main point is that while the kitten was rescued - from a lake - by the fire brigade, the responsible authorities gave advice to the effect that the young seagull's head should be crushed against the wall. Why do we treat two animals of different species, both in dire need, so differently?

Minding Animals Norway launches blog on human-animal relations

Minding Animals Norway has launched a blog, Minding Animals Norge-bloggen - om relasjoner mellom mennesker og dyr [The Minding Animals Norway blog - about human-animal relations], which will feature posts written by me and other board members as well as invited contributions from others. Mostly in Norwegian, but occasionnally in English.

I have written the blog's first entry, titled "Studiet av relasjoner mellom mennesker og dyr" [The study of human-animal relations].