Tuesday, 5 April 2016

"Thinking about animals..." book in Google Books

Our book Thinking about animals in the age of the Anthropocene, published now in April by Lexington Books, is now partially available in Google Books.


Third Biosemiotics editorial published online: "Comprehending the semiosis of evolution"

Our third editorial has just been published online.

Reference:
Sharov, Alexei, Timo Maran and Morten Tønnessen (2016). Comprehending the semiosis of evolution. Editorial. Biosemiotics 9(1). Published online April 4th 2016 (DOI: 10.1007/s12304-016-9262-7).

Monday, 4 April 2016

Interview on GPS-tracking of wolves on Swedish radio

Today an interview with me, Katarina Cvek (pictured below, right) and Olof Liberg aired on Swedish public radio Sveriges Radio (P1), in the program "Vetandets värld" [The world of knowledge]. The 17m interview was conducted by Sara Sällström. Link to podcast is available from "När vilda djur blir försöksdjur" [When wild animals become laboratory animals].


Not Head of Department

Today I was notified that I am not included in the recommendation of the evaluation committee considering candidates for Head of department of Department of social studies and Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences respectively at University of Stavanger (see previous posts on my job applications). At Department of social studies, there will be a new call for applicants.

Friday, 1 April 2016

Biosemiotics editorial on evolution proof-read

Today I have taken part in proof-reading our editorial for Biosemiotics 9(1), "Comprehending the Semiosis of Evolution".

Work on three wolf-related articles

Today I met with colleague Paul Thibault to commence work on two articles related to field work on human perceptions of wolves and related animals, and one article on proto-language in wolves.

”Synchronicity in human perception of animals” paper scheduled for presentation April 22

My paper ”Synchronicity in human perception of animals” has been scheduled for presentation at NoSP 2016: Phenomenology and Beyond (Reykjavik April 21-23) on Friday April 22nd at 12.15-12.45 (in the session “Phenomenological Approaches to the Anthropological Difference”, convened by Cristian Ciocan).