#10,5; Spring 2025 prioritized writing plan finished

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some work done relating to a prospective translation of my agent/agency review article, and some 200 words added altogether to my so-called UNDP letter and "Wasted GDP in major economies". I also finished planning article writing days for the rest of the semester (May and June).

Altogether this semester I plan 51 book writing days and 17,5 article writing days, i.e., totally 68,5 writing days (in comparison I planned 47,5 writing days in Spring 2024, and completed about as many, whereas I planned 57 writing days in Spring 2023, and completed 52,5). The main priority this Spring is finishing my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement.

So far this Spring I have had 10,5 writing days including 2,5 article writing days.

First lecture given in Trento - Erasmus exchange lectures with Anthropocene theme

Today I gave a guest lecture for ph.d. students at University of Trento´s Department of humanities, titled "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene”. About 10 people followed the lecture physically or digitally.

Lecture "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene" - with Zoom link

On Thursday May 9th at 4 p.m. CEST I will give a lecture for ph.d. students at University of Trento´s Department of humanities titled "Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene". The lecture can be followed via Zoom by using this link.

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Two forthcoming lectures in Trento, Italy May 9th and 10th

Two forthcoming lectures in Trento, Italy May9th and 10th

As part of my upcoming Erasmus exchange to Italy and Slovenia I will be giving two lectures at University of Trento, in Trento. 

On Thursday May 9th at 4-6 p.m., I will give a lecture for ph.d. students titled ”Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene”.

On Friday May 10th (exact time not known) I will give a lecture for BA students on the perspective of the Anthropocene and what it says about humans´ place in nature, in a philosophical anthropology course.

Moscow presentation at Sharov 70 conference held digitally

Today I have I presented the paper ""Semiotic agency" as a unifying concept for the life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities”" at the one-day conference  “The active forces of development and semiotic agency (Developmental and semiotic agency)", which was held in Moscow and online, hosted by the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN) . Some 20 people attended altogether physically and online. 

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Moscow presentation on semiotic agency scheduled (April 10th); Zoom link

#26,5 - chapter "A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition and the environmental crisis" finished

Today I have had a writing day, with some 2.300 words added to my chapter "A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition and the environmental crisis", which I have now finished, and submitted to the anthology editors. 

This is the most productive writing day so far this Spring by words written. Number of writing days this Spring is up to 26,5.

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Abstract:

This chapter presents a biosemiotic perspective on the basic situation for human beings and that of other organisms, with an emphasis on the subjective experience of sentient animals, and the sign use of all lifeforms. The human condition is portrayed as traditionally conceived, and then revisited in the new context of the current environmental crisis. A cornerstone of the text is an analysis of the materiality of the environmental crisis, and how the massive changes humans have caused in the physical environment can be understood in light of the semiotic agency of humans and other living beings. Experiential aspects of the environmental crisis are highlighted. The aim of the text is to improve our understanding of our species´ place in the natural world, our historical role in causing a global crisis for life, and how we can move forward towards a more sustainable future. 

2nd day of 22nd Gathering in Biosemiotics; presentation by Sharov & Tønnessen on semiotic agency; 2 meetings

Today I have attended the second day of the 22nd Gathering in biosemiotics, which included a presentation by Alexei Sharov and me, held and prepared by Alexei and drawing on our book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, entitled "Toward a theory of semiotic agency". Maybe 50 people attended. The presentation was also live-streamed and is available via YouTube (see recordings from second day of the conference).

I have also attended half the editorial board meeting of Biosemiotics, at the conference venue, and attended a digital meeting with colleagues at University of Stavanger.

Talk on biosemiotics and phenomenology given for "Complexity discussion group" research seminar online

Today I have presented the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism along with Alexei Sharov in the international web research seminar "Complexity discussion group", chaired by Kobus Marais. Specifically, my part was about biosemiotics and phenomenology. The seminar was attended by some 18 people.

3-hour guest lecture on semiotic agency given in ph.d. seminar at Universidade Positivo

Tonight I have given a guest lecture based on my own research and approach in the doctoral seminar "Tópicos Especiais em Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade" (“Theoretical Foundations of Environmental Management and Policies – interdisciplinary and sustainable approaches”) at Universidade Positivo (a private university based in Curitiba, Brazil). The talk, titled "Semiotic agency: How studies of agency go beyond mechanism and facilitate interdisciplinary science", lasted for some 3 hours including a break, and was delivered by Zoom. It was attended by some 10 ph.d. students and teachers.

To present ideas from "Semiotic agency" book at Biosemiotics Glade April 16th

Alexei Sharov and I will present core ideas from out forthcoming book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism in the online seminar series "Biosemiotics Glade" on Friday April 16th at 4-5.30 pm. CET.

#22

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 8-900 words written while editing and adding to the glossary of our book Semiotic agency. I also reworked a figure. Total number of writing days so far this Spring is up to 22.

#6 - "Human agency and ecology" chapter finished

Today I have had an article writing day - and night - devoted to finishing my final chapter for Semiotic agency, "Human agency and ecology", with some 3.000 words (sic) written.

#22

Today I have had half an article writing day devoted to my parts of the human agency chapter of Semiotic agency, with some 300 words written.

#14

Tuesday this week, September 22nd, I had half an article writing day devoted to my contributions to the historical overview chapter of our book Semiotic agency, with some 100 words written.

#12,5

Today I have had half an article day devoted in part to work on our book Semiotic agency - historical chapter. Some 300 words written.

#8,5

Half writing day. Some 300 words written in editing a chapter for our book Semiotic agency.

Half writing day; words written; reflections

Another half writing day devoted to my semiotics companion chapter "Semiotics in ethology and zoology", with some 300 words written, plus some reflections (sic) in relation to semiotic agency.

Total number of writing days this year is up to 24,5.

Writing day

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to Semiotic agency and my semiotics companion chapter "Semiotics in ethology and zoology". Some 800 words written. Total number of writing days so far this Spring is 19,5.

Semiotic agency book: Book proposal form

Along with Alexei Sharov, I have contributed to filling out a book proposal form for our forthcoming Springer Nature monograph Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism. Our book project has already been accepted, now the contract should be signed.

Book proposal finished - "Semiotic Agency: Science beyond Mechanism"

Along with Alexei Sharov, I have co-authored (as second author) the book proposal "Semiotic Agency: Science beyond Mechanism" (18 pp), finished yesterday.