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Thom van Dooren

University of Sydney | University of Oslo

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Environmental Humanities

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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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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On Ferals

On Ferals

Posted on December 5, 2015November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics, Pests

This blog post is the text of a discussant paper that I was delighted to deliver at the 2015 meeting of the American Anthropological Association in a panel called Gaia Strikes Back: Feral Landscapes of ...

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The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes

The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes

Posted on November 7, 2015November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities, Pests

This post was co-authored with Emily O’Gorman. It is the text from a short paper that we delivered at the 2015 Forum of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: Animals on the Table.

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Agricultural Landscapes: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities

Agricultural Landscapes: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities

Posted on October 17, 2015November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities

Earlier this week I chaired and introduced a panel at the 2015 Forum of the Council of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in Melbourne. The panel was put together by my colleague Matthew ...

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Remaking Nature, the MOOC…

Remaking Nature, the MOOC…

Posted on September 24, 2015November 25, 2020Environmental Humanities

Over the past few months my colleagues and I in the Environmental Humanities Program at UNSW have been developing a MOOC. For those of you not yet caught up in this global trend, a MOOC ...

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