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Thom van Dooren

Field philosopher and writer

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New Book Out Now

  • September 14, 2022September 22, 2022
About me

About me

January 31, 2021January 4, 2023

I am a field philosopher and writer. I am Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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New Book Out Now

New Book Out Now

September 12, 2022October 25, 2022

Tune in to the richness and diversity in your local environment with this playful, quirky guide that’s packed with interactive projects, nature writing and sketching

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French translation of The Wake of Crows

French translation of The Wake of Crows

January 14, 2022May 20, 2022

The French translation of my book The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds is due to be published in February this year: Dans le

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French translation of Flight Ways

French translation of Flight Ways

August 4, 2021May 20, 2022

The French translation of Flight Ways is due to be published in October this year: En plein vol: Vivre et mourir au seuil de l’extinction. The book is coming out with Éditions Wildproject, Marseille.

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2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize

2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize

July 21, 2021May 15, 2022

I’m delighted to announce that my book, The Wake of Crows, has been awarded the 2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).

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An Endangered Menagerie

An Endangered Menagerie

May 4, 2021May 14, 2022

We recently published a series of short essays on bushfire and extinction, titled “An Endangered Menagerie” in the journal Plumwood Mountain.

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Audio Documentary on Hawaiian Snails

Audio Documentary on Hawaiian Snails

February 23, 2021May 14, 2022

This week we published a new audio documentary that tells the story of the ongoing decline and extinction of Hawai’i’s incredible land snails. The piece

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Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

January 30, 2021May 14, 2022

A new collection of short essays in “Theorizing the Contemporary” on the Cultural Anthropology website, edited by Ursula Münster, Thom van Dooren, Sara Asu Schroer, and Hugo Reinert.

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Crows removing ticks: helpfulness, opportunism, or something else?

Crows removing ticks: helpfulness, opportunism, or something else?

October 28, 2020May 14, 2022

If you’ve spent much time at all watching YouTube videos of corvids, you’ve likely come across some of the numerous examples of them engaging in

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A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions

A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions

July 1, 2020January 2, 2022

I am currently finishing work on a new book focused on the disappearing land snails of Hawai’i. While I’ve tried to make all of my books accessible and engaging, this is the first one that I’ve written in a deliberate effort to speak to a general readership.

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