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Thom van Dooren

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The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes

The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes

November 7, 2015November 25, 2020

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

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The ethics of off-earth mining: expanding the discussion

The ethics of off-earth mining: expanding the discussion

November 5, 2015November 25, 2020

This post was co-authored with Matthew Kearnes and is part of a collaborative research and writing project. I presented it today at the 2015 Off-Earth

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Agricultural Landscapes: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities

Agricultural Landscapes: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities

October 17, 2015November 25, 2020

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

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Remaking Nature, the MOOC…

Remaking Nature, the MOOC…

September 24, 2015November 25, 2020

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

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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?

August 4, 2015November 25, 2020

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

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Some bird photos

Some bird photos

June 15, 2015November 25, 2020

Here are some bird photos from the last few weeks. Quite a lot of Torresian Crows… Please get in touch if you’d like a high

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Off-Earth mining and an ethics of interstellar flourishing?

Off-Earth mining and an ethics of interstellar flourishing?

May 1, 2015

Over the last few weeks I’ve knuckled down and finally made a proper start on an exciting new research project. Matthew Kearnes and I are

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Flight Ways on the New Books Network seminar

Flight Ways on the New Books Network seminar

April 17, 2015December 10, 2021

A great interview on Flight Ways has just been posted on the New Books Network seminar. Thanks so much to Carla Nappi for taking the

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Encountering Crows: Living with wildlife in a changing world

Encountering Crows: Living with wildlife in a changing world

December 8, 2014December 10, 2021

I am currently beginning work on a new 3-4 year research project focused on crows around the world. Below are a few excerpts from a

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Sheep on Svartsö

Sheep on Svartsö

September 15, 2014January 2, 2022

Here’s a little film of some beautiful sheep on the island of Svartsö in the Stockholm archipelago in the early morning. They’re using the supporting

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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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