Laura Kuen 🇺🇦

@George_Iorda @ERC_Research Wow, congratulations George!!

The Dept of Ecological Anthropology @CzechAcademy begins its 2024 seminar series with @ZdenkaSokolka at 14:00(CET) on January 29, presenting on "The Paradox of Svalbard" To register for Sokolíčková's talk: forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2 Attendance in-person (Prague) or online

CfP! With my lovely colleagues André Thiemann & @lisafrancesa I am convening a panel at EASA2024. Consider submitting your ethnographic paper that critically explores analytical categories used to describe agricultural practices. wildboar.cz/output/cfp-eas…

CfP for our open panel!

Wonderful news: #conservationhumanities research goes on in the new European Conservation Humanities Network! Looking forward to working with @untamed__shrew @_GeorgeHolmes @BGissibl @monica_vasile @KuenLaura @kolarovaanna000 and many others!

Tanya Richardson (Wilfrid Laurier Uni) is a visiting scholar at the Inst. of Ethnology - on Mon 24 April, 15:00 (CET) will give a talk on ethnographic research with beekeepers, researchers & their bees in Ukraine & Canada More info here: eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Volumi…

We are excited to host Alex Blanchette who will give a talk on Monday 13th March, 11am (CET) in Prague We love his work & look forward to his presentation on "Irremediable Ecologies" If you would like to join in-person or online, please register! wildboar.cz/output/public-…

How might thinking with the term 'feral' & 3 ethnographic case studies on pigs, inform a morethanhuman relational ethics? FERAL ETHICS - A collaborative online essay I really enjoyed writing with my departmental colleagues @BOAR_ERC newalphabetschool.hkw.de/feral-ethics-t…

Environmental Humanities, Ukrainian Studies: It’s time to talk A brilliant, must-read essay from Tanya Richardson (@browndanube) and @DaryaTsymbalyuk sketching out the contours of Ukrainian environmental humanities #Notes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">niche-canada.org/2022/11/25/env…

Thank you, everyone, for an amazing #envhum week together @envhum!

And that's a wrap! We had an amazing exchange w/ @BOAR_ERC team on how our various species are commodified, how to better centre the #animal in #conservation, how #charisma shapes policy & management. Thanks everyone for a warm welcome 🙏 and passionate discussion! #Prague #IWT

@pgkeil @stehlik_barbora Thanks Paul! I enjoyed it too.

Had a great session led by @KuenLaura & @stehlik_barbora benefits and challenges of academic collaboration at the department today. Solid practical lessons and critique of anthro.

My first field report from Ukraine about the pre-Christmas slaughter of a pig in rural Transcarpathia is online now wildboar.cz/waiting-for-th…

@stehlik_barbora Congratulations!

My first article was published! 🥳 It addresses the gift-giving at the "generous social network" Hearth.net. It can be downloaded here: cargojournal.org/index.php/carg…

Thank you Michaela Masilkova for talking to us about wild boar rescue behaviour today! Lots of questions for the future research! doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

"Fear is also intertwined, indeed serving a lingua franca function, in the affective communication between species." Check @EricavonE and T. Gieser's essay on Ecologies of fear. societyandspace.org/articles/wolve…

ATTN: We have officially entered the webernet! wildboar.cz Do check out our new ERC project website, starring @LudekBroz @KuenLaura @agarregui @EricavonE @totheeast

@pgkeil Great photos Paul!

Went to Dresden yesterday, it was hot and empty.

📖 The RCC's #Landhaus #Fellowship program is still open for applications. Deadline: 15 June 2021. 🌻 Great opportunity for #envhum #envhist #ecocrit #envirophil scholars! More info here: carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/fellows/applic…

We are looking for a BOARing postdoc to join our team! eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Call-f…