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Thom van Dooren

Thom van Dooren

University of Sydney | University of Oslo

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

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

Posted on October 28, 2020November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Other Animals

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 the seemingly helpful act of removing ticks and other ectoparasites ...

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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

Posted on July 1, 2020November 25, 2020Uncategorized

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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Educating ravens, and other stories/essays

Educating ravens, and other stories/essays

Posted on October 8, 2019November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

I published a short article today in The Atlantic on “educational” approaches to conservation that aim to teach “problematic” animals new ways of living – rather than fencing them out or killing them. This article ...

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A howling lamentation

A howling lamentation

Posted on July 24, 2019November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

This text, co-authored with Isabelle Stengers, is a preface for the forthcoming French translation of Deborah Bird Rose’s Wild Dog Dreaming: Love and Extinction.

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Curating with care: A response to Michael Wang’s “Extinct in the Wild”

Curating with care: A response to Michael Wang’s “Extinct in the Wild”

Posted on October 12, 2018November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Extinction and Ethics

This blog post is the text of a short article written for the magazine of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, focused on Extinct in the Wild, an incredible project by the American artist Michael Wang.

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HumanNature: The Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series

HumanNature: The Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series

Posted on December 18, 2017November 25, 2020Uncategorized

We have just finalised the lineup for HumanNature, the inaugural Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series. The series includes nine esteemed international and domestic speakers. There is one lecture scheduled each month from February through to ...

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The Participatory Environmental Humanities – workshop

The Participatory Environmental Humanities – workshop

Posted on August 7, 2017November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities

Last month we held a workshop at UNSW on the Participatory Environmental Humanities. The workshop explored some of the many public faces of the Environmental Humanities with a particular focus on the participatory possibilities emerging ...

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New Book : Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations

New Book : Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations

Posted on May 5, 2017November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

I’m delighted to announce that our new book is now out: Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations. This collection was co-edited by Deborah Bird Rose, Matthew Chrulew and myself, and published by Columbia ...

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Multispecies Studies (edited collection)

Multispecies Studies (edited collection)

Posted on July 18, 2016November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

This week our new special issue on “Multispecies Studies” appeared in Environmental Humanities. The issue was co-edited by six of us: Thom van Dooren, Ursula Münster, Eben Kirksey, Deborah Bird Rose, Matthew Chrulew and Anna ...

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Two exciting French translations

Two exciting French translations

Posted on July 2, 2016November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

I’m very happy to announce two recent French translations of my writing.

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