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Thom van Dooren

Field philosopher and writer | University of Sydney

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New multimedia essay

  • September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
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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, 2021April 18, 2024

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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About me

About me

January 31, 2021May 19, 2024

I am Professor of Environmental Humanities and Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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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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Pangolins and Pandemics

Pangolins and Pandemics

March 22, 2020May 14, 2022

Our dysfunctional relationships with animals and the broader environment are increasingly creating the conditions for disease like COVID-19.

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Educating ravens, and other stories/essays

Educating ravens, and other stories/essays

October 8, 2019May 14, 2022

I published a short article today in The Atlantic on “educational” approaches to conservation that aim to teach “problematic” animals new ways of living –

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I acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country in Australia,
including the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples of the Blue Mountains where I live,
and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation where the University of Sydney is located.

I pay my respects to elders, past, present and emerging
and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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