Writing of first field work Work Paper commenced

Today I have started writing "Work Paper 1 concerning field work in the case study Representations (Both Problematic and Romanticizing) of Large Mammals, Especially Wolves partaking in the research project Animals In Changing Environments: Cultural Mediation and Semiotic Analysis”. This Work Paper, the first in a series of three, will be written by Paul Thibault and me. When completed each Work Paper will be made available on the Norwegian webpages of the research project.

Summary report from Polar Zoo available online

Last week I finished my summary report after my field trip (in March) to Polar Zoo in Bardufoss, Northern Norway (cf. previous posts, including pictures and links to videos). The 23pp work paper has now been uploaded to Scribd.

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Contents:

1. Factual questions (and questions to the human caretakers)

2. The wolves' interaction among themselves

3. The confinement

4. The wolves and other animals

5. Wolf senses

6. The wolves and their caretakers

7. The wolves and the visitors to the zoo

8. The wolves and me