Out now! The #article 'Naming elephants: the case of #AsianElephants Hans and Parkie' in the yearbook Nieuwe Tijdingen, published by Leuven University Press.

I wrote the article together with Anneke Groen. We aligned our findings with the #animalturn in #humanities. Learn more: https://lup.be/journal-issue/vroegmoderne-dieren-in-de-nederlanden/

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Welche Rolle spielen Tier-Fiktionen und die Phantastik bei unserem Umgang miteinander und mit der Natur?

#Fiktion #Phantastik #GroßraumPhantastik #Tiere #animal #animalturn #animalrights

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/lange-nacht-ueber-fantastische-geschichten-von-tieren-und-menschen-100.html

Rotkäppchen und der Wolf

Aus der Ambivalenz des Menschen gegenüber dem Tier entwickelten sich Mythen und Legenden. Sie zeigen sich in Kultur, Literatur, Kunst, Film und Fernsehen.

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"The nature fakers controversy was an early 20th-century American literary debate highlighting the conflict between science and sentiment in popular nature writing. (.)
Dubbed the "War of the Naturalists", it revealed seemingly irreconcilable contemporary views of the natural world: while some nature writers of the day argued as to the veracity of their examples of anthropomorphic wild animals, others questioned an animal's ability to adapt, learn, teach, and reason. "
#animhist #histsci #scicomm #animalturn cc @podittmar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_fakers_controversy
Nature fakers controversy - Wikipedia

Last days of my large solo exhibition at Zitadelle Berlin-Spandau. Running until Sunday. Open every day!

Do not miss our panel talk about the animal turn in the artworld tomorrow at 7 pm with Alicja Czupryk, Dr. Jessica Ullrich, Dr. Ralf F. Hartmann and me. (In german language only)

#multispeciesfutures #zitadellespandauberlin #animalutopia #animalsinart #animalturn #veganpainting #artinberlin #hartmutkiewert