News story about Council of animal ethics statement in VG

The Norwegian national daily newspaper VG has run a news story, online Saturday and in print today, titled "Nå kan kyllingrasen du spiser bli forbudt" (now this chicken breed may be forbidden - concerns Ross 308). The news story builds on our recent statement to the Norwegian ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively in relation to the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice (stortingsmelding) on animal welfare.

 

Animal history workshop presentation described in ZIF-Mitteilungen

A report from the research workshop "Animal (Pre)History, Agency & Legacy" (held digitally May 10-12th), where I presented the paper "Individuality and subjectivity in animals in light of Umwelt temporality", is published in ZIF-Mitteilungen, published by the Universität Bielefeld´s Zentrum for interdisciplinary Forschung (Center for Interdisciplinary Research), no. 2/2021, p. 39-40. About my presentation it says:

Die Biosemiotik regte indes dazu an, tierische Interaktionsformen als spezifische Umweltwahrnemnung und Kommunikation zu erfassen und deren Diversität und Alterität ernst zu nehmen (Morten Tønnessen).  

Chronicle cited in Dagsavisen commentary by Chief Editor

A chronicle of mine was cited in a commentary published in Dagsavisen, written by Chief Editor Eirik Hoff Lysholm, "Stortingsvalget 2021 i verdens beste land å leve i: Vi, de priviligerte":

Jeg låner forklaringen til Morten Tønnessen, professor i filosofi og instituttleder ved Institutt for sosialfag ved Universitetet i Stavanger, fra en kronikk i Stavanger Aftenblad: «HDI-indeksen til FN, som ble lansert i 1990, er basert på tre elementer, nemlig forventet levealder, antall skoleår, og gjennomsnittlig inntekt. (…) Noen få land har lengre levealder, flere skoleår, eller høyere gjennomsnittsinntekt enn Norge, men ingen slår oss på kombinasjonen av disse indikatorene. Ikke bare topper Norge listen – vi har også en høyere HDI-verdi enn noen gang tidligere – nærmere bestemt 0,957, på en skala som går fra 0 til 1. Dermed setter vi også en ny verdensrekord. Ingen land har noensinne hatt en høyere HDI-verdi».

UiS news story on welfare research network workshop

The University of Stavanger has published a news story on "Første workshop for Nettverk for velferdsforsking" (First workshop for Network for welfare research), which I co-arranged, moderated and where I presented.

Ulvetider in Bladet Vesterålen

There is mention of our book Ulvetider in the Norwegian local newspaper Bladet Vesterålen today, as well as a cover photo of the book, in the column "Bokhylla" [the book shelf]. However, the text seems to be from the book´s own blurb. 

Chronicle cited in daily Klassekampen

A chronicle mainly authored by me and co-signed with Lars Lenthh and Petter Bøckman, published in Dagbladet last Friday, was cited in the Norwegian national daily Klassekampen on Saturday, December 16th, in the section "Overhørt" [Overheard].

Interview with Peter Bøckman on our book Ulvetider

An interview entitled "I disse ulvetider" [in these times of the wolf] with Petter Bøckman, with whom Lars Lenth and myself wrote the book Ulvetider [Time of the wolf], was published by the online book magazine BOK365 November10th.

Sysla Grønn introductory editorial article refers to UiS petition coverage

In "Lanserer nytt nettsted for grønn journalistikk" [Launches new website for green journalism], the editors of Sysla Grønn, a Norwegian news site, writes, referring to the regional newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad:

Vinterens serie om «Statoils makt» handlet i stor grad om selskapets manglende vilje til å satse på alternativ energi, og hvordan de har påvirket sponsingen av forskning som forlenger oljealderen.

This includes a reference to Stavanger Aftenblad´s article “Studentopprør mot oljemakt i forskningen” [Student uprising against oil power in research], which refers to a petition I wrote and took part in organising, cf. the section “Forskeropprør i Stavanger” [researcher uprising in Stavanger].

The Guardian news story on petition against Arctic oil plans

In the news story "Karl Ove Knausgaard condemns Norway's Arctic oil plans" (May 19th), the Guardian refers to a Norwegian "campaign to sue the government"over Arctic oil plans. This refers to a petition signed by some "200 leading cultural figures and environmental organisations", including me.

See also: 

Petition against oil exploration in the Arctic signed

Petition against oil exploration in the Arctic signed

I am among the ones who signed the petition "Stopp grunnlovsstridig oljeleting i Arktis!" [Stop constitution-violating oil exploration in the Arctic!], along with some 200 others, most of them cultural figures (such as authors). The petition was published in the Norwegian daily Dagsavisen April 27th.

The petition triggered quite a bit of media coverage, including mention on public radio (NRK) and:

Kulturtopper truer med å saksøke staten (NRK)

Felles kamp mot ny oljeleting (Dagsavisen)

Minding Animals parliament seminar reported on in poultry industry magazine

The seminar on poultry welfare which Minding Animals Norway co-organised with Norway's Green Party in the Norwegian Parliament April 7th is reported on in an article in the magazine Fjørfe (no. 4/ 2014). The article, "Kylling på Stortinget" [Chicken(s) in Parliament], is written by Pål Grønbeck, the general manager of Norsk Fjørfelag [Norwegian poultry association], which publishes the magazine. 

Summary page: Media coverage of Norwegian Human-Animal Studies anthology

Minding Animals Norway has posted an overview of reviews, debate etc. in the wake of the publication of the Norwegian Human-Animal Studies anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsalder [Who is wildest in this country here? Brutality towards animals and nature in the Anthropocene, the age of Man] - see here. The overview includes mention of (and for the most part links to) no less than twelve media texts/appearances.

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Spartacus:Facsimiles of media coverage of HAS anthology

Spartacus: Facsimiles of media coverage of HAS anthology

The publishing house Spartacus (with the imprint Scandinavian Academic Press) has now collected much (but not all) of the media coverage of the anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsepoke [Who is wildest in this country here? Brutality towards animals and nature in the Anthropocene, the age of Man] on their webpage.

This includes six articles (all in Norwegian):

Book review in the daily Vårt Land: "Sterkt om dyreforbruk" [/Impressive/ on consumption of animals]

NTB Tema: "Menneskenes tidsepoke" [The age of Man]

Chronicle in the daily Klassekampen: "Ut av menneskets vold" [loosely: Out of human custody/detention]

Dag Hessen's chapter excerpts in the weekly Morgenbladet: "Menneskets særpreg" [Man's uniqueness]

Interview in the weekly Morgenbladet: "Koteletter med følelse" [Cutlets with feelings]

Letter to the editor in the daily Dagbladet: "Kunnskapsløst om dyr" [Ignorant/uninformed on animals]

Article on Norwegian HAS anthology in Morgenbladet: Animal revolution; "Cutlets with feelings"

In the June 14-20 issue of the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet, there was an article in the "Books" section on the Norwegian Human-Animal Studies anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsalder [Who is wildest in this country here? Brutality towards animals and nature in the Anthropocene, the age of Man], for which I am one of three editors. The article, written by Nordis Tennes, is entitled "Koteletter with følelser" [Cutlets with feelings], and consists of an interview with my co-editor Ragnhild Sollund. 

Ingress in translation:

Man has no right to assert themselves over other species, according to researchers in a new book. They think an animal protection revolution is needed in order to ensure animal rights.

The caption of the image (front cover) also makes use of the term 'revolution' (though this term is not used in our book):

New book encourages revolution on behalf of animals.

Media coverage of release of Norwegian HAS anthology

The anthology Hvem er villest i landet her? Råskap mot dyr og natur i antropocen, menneskets tidsalder [Who is wildest in this country here? Brutality towards animals and nature in the Anthropocene, the age of Man], which was released by Spartacus forlag/Scandinavian Academic Press May 15th, and for which I am one of three editors, was mentioned on Østlandssendingen, a regional news program on the radio station NRK P1, the same day, via an interview with Ragnhild Sollund, one of my co-editors. 

It might also have been mentioned in an interview with Sollund on Radio Norge the same day. 

Sollund also appeared, talking about our book, on NRK P2's weekly program Verdibørsen Saturday May 18th, along with Dag Hessen, one of the book's contributors, both of them with extensive interviews. A podcast of the program is available (these two interviews start at 29m 55s). My voice is heard in the background as the book is introduced, and I am mentioned as one of the editors along with Sollund and Guri Larsen. Furthermore, professor emeritus in criminology Nils Christie comments the book.