Requiescat in pace
Packy has died. An extraordinary being. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/02/packy_the_much-loved_oregon_zo.html
Oceans and Deserts CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS Oceans and Deserts 2017: Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their fourth annual interdisciplinary conference for emerging scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral
NB: Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson
You Must Carry Me Now: The Cultural Lives of Endangered Species Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson Arizona State University Art Museum (2015) Over a two year period, artists Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir (Iceland) and Mark Wilson (England) have explored the networks and ripple
NB: Dead Animals
Dead Animals or The Curious Occurrence of Taxidermy in Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalogue The catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name is excitingly rich in both content and visual imagery. It features essays by the curator Jo-Ann Conklin [Dead Animals] as well as Steve
NB: David Herman
Creatural Fictions: Human-Animal Relationships in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature Ed. David Herman Palgrave Examining how ideas about species, sexuality, and gender link to 20th- and 21st-century literary texts, this wideranging collection of essays explores the complicated yet evocative relationship between animals and humans
Conversation: Will the end of breeding orcas at SeaWorld change much for animals in captivity?
Nigel Rothfels, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee When SeaWorld announced it would stop breeding orcas and begin to phase out “theatrical performances” using the animals, the news appeared to mark a significant change in ideas about animals and captivity. Wayne Pacelle, president