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Thom van Dooren

Thom van Dooren

University of Sydney | University of Oslo

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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, 2020February 23, 2021Uncategorized

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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The last snail: conservation and extinction in Hawai’i

The last snail: conservation and extinction in Hawai’i

Posted on February 28, 2013Uncategorized

As I stood in the presence of this individual, the last of a species, I was reminded of how incredibly ill equipped we are as a culture to make sense of the immensity of the ...

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Science can’t do it alone: the environment needs humanities too

Science can’t do it alone: the environment needs humanities too

Posted on November 5, 2012Uncategorized

Here’s a (belated) link to a short piece that I wrote for The Conversation in early October 2012. The piece is about the emergence of the Environmental Humanities as an interdisciplinary field of scholarship, and ...

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Albatross, plastic and the undoing of generations

Albatross, plastic and the undoing of generations

Posted on November 3, 2012November 25, 2020Extinction and Ethics

In the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, at the far north west end of the Hawaiian Archipelago, lie a few tiny coral and sand islands encircled by a small reef. These little patches of ...

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Snail logo image courtesy of David Sischo.