NASS XIII conference booklet now available online

The 13th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XIII) starts next week. The conference booklet, with program, abstracts and bios, is now available here.

Link to abstract book for 21st gathering in biosemiotics

Here is a link to the abstract book for the 21st gathering in biosemiotics. My abstract "The relevance of Umwelt theory for the theory and practice of phenomenology" is on p. 45.

Search image paper scheduled for presentation in Friedrichsdorf June 4th

My presentation "The search image as link between sensation, perception and action" has been scheduled for presentation at the 6th International Conference in Code Biology, to be held in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, on Tuesday June 4th at 18.00-18.30.

See also abstract book.

Work cited in three Gathering in biosemiotics abstracts

Articles that I have authored or co-authored are referred to in three abstracts in the Book of abstracts for the 16th gathering in biosemiotics, which is currently held in Prague:

 * Christophe Menant: "Meaning generation for constraint satisfaction. An evolutionary thread for biosemiotics"

* Don Favareau: "The biosemiotic glossary project: intentionality"

* Filip Jaros: "The semiotic life of cats: a journey into the feline mind"

Abstract book for 16th gathering in biosemiotics now online - my two abstracts

The book of abstracts for the 16th gathering in biosemiotics, to be held in Prague July 4th to 8th, has been uploaded online. I am involved in two abstracts, "Fear not – socialization of captive wolves" (p. 34) along with Laura Kiiroja, and "A brief history of the cultural semiotic of wolves and sheep" (p. 56) as sole presenter.

Page reference for "Proto-language in wolves" abstract

Our paper "Proto-language in wolves" appears on pp. 42-43 on the printed abstract book of the 3rd International conference in code biology.

Program and abstract book for Code Biology 3 now online

Program and abstract book for the Third International Conference in Code Biology (Urbino, Italy 24-28 May, 2016) are now online.

My abstract with Paul Thibault, "Proto-language in wolves", is to be found on p. 27 in the abstract book.

"Animals in the Anhropocene" abstract book composed; seen in print

Today I saw the abstract book for the conference "Animals in the Anthropocene" in print for the first time, upon returning to my University of Stavanger office after 14 day paternal leave.

I composed and edited the abstract book (76 pp) a few days ahead of the conference. The abstract book was printed in 85 copies (by Attende).

Mentions in NASS abstract book

The abstract book of the 9th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS) is available for viewing online. I am mentioned as member of the Scientific Committee on p. 6, as presenter on p. 31, and with my two abstracts on p. 124 ("Agency in biosemiotics and enactivism") and 125 ("The future Umwelten of wolves, sheep and people in Scandinavia") respectively.

Code Biology 2 - abstract book

The abstract of my forthcoming presentation "Umwelt codes exemplified by Umwelt alignment in corvids", to be held at the 2nd International Conference in Code Biology (Jena, Germany June 16-20), appears on p. 32 in the conference´s abstract book.

IACS Abstract book

The abstract book of the upcoming First Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) (Lund, Sweden, September 25-27) has been published online in PDF version. 

The abstract for my talk "Will the agents of nature please rise: What is agency?" is on p. 161-162. I am further mentioned p. 10 (programme), p. 228 (index), p. 232 (list of participants) and p. 235 (list of members of Scientific committee).

Code biology abstract book

The abstract book of the upcoming First International Conference in Code Biology (Paris May 21-23) is now online. My abstract, "Codes and interpretation in perception", is to be found on p. 30.

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"Codes and interpretation in perception" scheduled for presentation May 23rd (Paris)

Abstract book for Framing nature conference

The abstract book of the conference "Framing nature: Signs, Stories and Ecologies of Meaning" (Tartu, April 29 - May 3), which begins tomorrow, has been published online.

My abstract "Animals qua sentient beings vs. animals qua resources: a critical reading of the mentions of animals in Norwegian political party programs" is to be found on pages 218-219. Furthermore, all names of presenters including mine are listed on p. 4, and on p. 3 our research project EMP151 (Animals in changing environments: Cultural mediation and semiotic analysis) is listed as one of the conference's supporters.

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EASLCE abstract (Tartu): "Animals qua sentient beings vs. animals qua resources"

Link to NASS 8 abstract book

Here's a link to the abstract book of the Eight Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, "Sign evolution on multiple time scales". The abstract to my paper, "The ontogeny of the embryonic, fetal and infant human Umwelt", is to be found on page 43. 

Environmental history, Turku: Hand programme and abstracts

Here at the 6th conference of the European Society for Environmental history in Turku, Finland a hand programme with abstracts has been handed out to all participants. It is also available for download online.

I am mentioned three places (though only two are listed in the index, p. 249):
- p. 26: as a session organizer and presenter in the session "Animal agency and environmental history - three different approaches to Nordic wolves" (29/6)
- p. 44: as one of the panelists in the regional panel "Never cry wolf. Human-predator interactions" (30/6)
- p. 154: with the abstract to my talk mentioned on p. 26 "Wolf history: Agents in hiding"

Finishing book proposal on animal representations

The last few days I have, with some effort, revised

* the book proposal (6pp)
* the abstract book (17pp)
* Editors' and authors' information sheet (4pp)

... for the edited collection The Semiotics of Animal Representations, for which Kadri Tüür and I are the prospective editors. There's 15 chapters ... and 27pp to present the idea of the book, 14 abstracts included, from contributors that have all confirmed their participation in the book project.

I hope and expect we can submit it in a matter of days.