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Thom van Dooren

Thom van Dooren

University of Sydney | University of Oslo

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Extinction and Ethics

New audio documentary: The disappearing voice of the forest

New audio documentary: The disappearing voice of the forest

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

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 explores the diverse ways in which these often overlooked creatures ...

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Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

Posted on January 30, 2021February 23, 2021Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

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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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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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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Ethics in the Field: How far should we go to bring back lost species?

Ethics in the Field: How far should we go to bring back lost species?

Posted on August 4, 2015November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Extinction and Ethics

Translocation, captive breeding, somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning), back-breeding, gene and seed banking—the list goes on. Today, there are a whole range of different technologies and techniques aimed at holding on to, or even resurrecting, ...

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