2,2 publication points in 2022

In 2022 I got 2,2 publication points in the Norwegian publication system (0,5 point for a co-authored article, 1 point for a Routledge chapter and 1 point for another chapter). See my profile in the Current Research information System in Norway.

Received: The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain

I have received my print copy of The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain, whereI contribute with a chapter - reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2022. Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics. In Adolfo García & Agustin Ibanez (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics), pp. 82–96. Routledge.

It is published November 14th but has copyright year 2023.

Updated reference for Open Semiotics chapter; updated publication date for 3 more publications

There is new information about the placement and publication of my chapter for Open Semiotics, which will be published in 4 volumes with 141 chapters:

— Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Umwelt theory for practitioners: Semiotic guidelines for application in a more-than-human descriptive phenomenology. In Open Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Amir Biglari), volume 4: Life and its extensions. Paris: L’Harmattan. Planned for publication in December 2022.

There are also new publication dates for some other forthcoming publications, according to online info from the publishers:

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Semiotics in ethology and zoology. Book chapter, in Bloomsbury Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Jamin Pelkey), volume 2, Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences (ed. Stéphanie Walsh Matthews), pp. 75–91. Bloomsbury Academic. Planned publication date November 3rd 2022. 

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2022. Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics. In Adolfo García & Agustin Ibanez (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics), pp. 82–96. Routledge. Planned publication date November 14th 2022. 

—  Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming, 2023. Existential universals: Biosemiosis and existential semiosis. To be reprinted in Eero Tarasti, Sayantan Dasgupta and Paul Forsell (eds), Transcending Signs – Essays in Existential Semiotics (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition 35). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Planned publication date March 6, 2023.

Neurosemiotics chapter now in Google Books

The book The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain, with my chapter "Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics", has now appeared in Google Books. 

#2

Today I have had a writing day devoted to proof-reading of my forthcoming neurosemiotics chapter and Bloomsbury semiotics chapter (Semiotics in ethology and zoology). Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 2.

Neurosemiotics chapter announced online by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain is now advertised online by Routledge.

My chapter will appear as chapter 5.

Reference for my chapter:

Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming. Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics. In Adolfo García & Agustin Ibanez (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics). Routledge. Planned publication date November 2022.

Neurosemiotics chapter now titled “Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics”

My book chapter previously titled "Neurosemiotics across species" has now been renamed “Beyond the human animal: Towards a cross-species neurosemiotics”, after the suggestion of the editors. The chapter is to appear soon in Adolfo García & Agustin Ibanez (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Neurosemiotics.

#21,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to finishing my Routledge book proposal for the book Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, with some 1.600 words written in the process (chapter synopses, tentatively used as chapter summaries).

Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 21,5.

#20,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to planning writing days for Spring 2022 and working further on a book proposal to Routledge for my book project Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, with some 100 words written on the book manuscript in the process.

Number of writing days so far this Autumn is up to 20,5.

#17

Tonight I have had half an article writing day, and written a commentary on Denis Noble´s Target article for Biosemiotics "The illusions of the Modern Synthesis", with some 1.800 words written. I also sent a proof-read version of "Neurosemiotics across species" (Routledge handbook chapter) to the editors along with Contributor agreement and bionote.

Total number of writing days so far this Spring is up to 17.

"Neurosemiotics across species" chapter accepted for publication in Routledge handbook

I have been notified that my book chapter "Neurosemiotics across species" has been accepted for publication in a Routledge Handbook on neurosemiotics, edited by Adolfo García and Agustin Ibanez.

#11

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to revising my chapter "Neurosemiotics across species" for a second time, with some 300 words written net.

Number of article days so far this Spring is 11.

#3

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to completing the revised version of my Routledge Handbook chapter "Neurosemiotics across species", with some 1.200 words written. Number of article days this Spring is up to 3.

#1,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to revision of my chapter "Neurosemiotics across species", with some 100 words written.

3rd writing day

Today I have had an article writing day, bringing this autumn´s total up to 3, with some 700 words written on a prospective article titled "Karbonfangst og klimarettferdighet" (Carbon capture and climate justice) and on my Routledge handbook book chapter "Neurosemiotics across species", in the form of two abstracts.

Abstract for "Neurosemiotics across species" chapter

I have just composed this book chapter abstract.

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Neurosemiotics across species

By Morten Tønnessen

ABSTRACT

Behavioral neuroscience arguably comes with two contrasting pitfalls, which we can associate with anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism respectively. In the first instance, we neglect or misunderstand traits of non-human neurobiology because we mistakenly believe that such traits are uniquely human. In the second instance, we mistakenly attribute neurobiological traits found in humans to non-humans. To avoid both these pitfalls, we need to be clear on the actual characteristics of neurobiology across species. This will shed light on questions such as: How different are humans from non-humans in the context of neurosemiotics? What do we have in common with some other animals, and what is uniquely human? In this chapter, I build mainly on the neurosemiotics implicit in the Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll (1864–1944) and contemporary interpretations thereof. Uexküll´s pioneering thinking on neurosemiotics has influenced classical ethology as well as contemporary biosemiotics, code biology and cognitive semiotics, and shares some perspectives with cognitive ethology and comparative psychology. His neurosemiotic constructs include Merkzeichen and Wirkzeichen, Wirkwelt and Merkwelt, Umwelt and Innenwelt. The treatment will include a discussion about objecthood in perception and different organisms´ capacity for relating to objects. A distinction between proper subjects (i.e., organisms capable of having coherent experience) and quasi-subjects (i.e., organisms that have some sort of experience which is, however, disorganized or scattered) will be made. I also investigate the nature of the neural code(s) from the standpoints of biosemiotics and code biology, and provide an Uexküllian perspective on neural codes by framing neural codes in terms of Umwelt theory. In conclusion, the chapter further includes a biosemiotic perspective on certain methodological issues in neurobiology.

To write chapter to handbook in neurosemiotics

I have confirmed that I accept the invitation to contribute with a chapter to a Routledge Handbook in Neurosemiotics (cf. previous post). The chapter is tentatively titled "Neurosemiotics across species".

"The semiotics of animal representations" intro chapter cited in Hübben 2017

My co-edited book The Semiotics of Animal Representations (Rodopi 2014, edited with Kadri Tüür) has been cited in 

Hübben, Kelly 2017. Mr. Dog Is a Conservative. In: Anna Feuerstein & Carmen Nolte-Odhiambo (eds), Childhood and Pethood in Literature and Culture - New Perspectives on Childhood Studies and Animal Studies. New York & Abingon: Routledge.

Excerpt (p. 2-3 in that chapter):

As Kadri Tüür and Morten Tønnessen argue, representation in general is a form of meaning making distinct from communication and signification; on the other hand, the dynamic meaning-making process of representation takes place within cultural frameworks, where there is some room for overlap between representation, signification, and communication (12). Tüür and Tønnessen perceive the relation between real animals and their representations as two-directional, so that "the way we represent reality tends to influence the way we perceive reality (we only see what we are looking for)" (11). For representation of pets in picture books, it is significant to acknowledge this connection to the reality of human-animal interactions, since picture books, especially those that target a young readership, have a socializing and educational function (Stephens 158).

A mistake, says Routledge

It was all a mistake, it turns out.

See also:

Book review "Discourses gone astray" (not) featured in "Education and multilingualism"

Book review "Discourses gone astray" (not) featured in "Education and multilingualism"

Routledge (Taylor & Francis) wrote me notifying me that my article (book review) "Discourses gone astray: restoring animality, humanity, and language" is featured in their Education and Multilingualism collection. However, I don´t see it there.