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The CSI Guests Seminar will welcome
Thom Van Dooren
University of Sydney | University of Oslo
to discuss his book
The Wake of Crows
Living and Dying in Shared Worlds
Introduction to the discussion : Roman Solé-Pomies
Back cover: Crows can be found almost everywhere that people are, from tropical islands to deserts and arctic forests, from densely populated cities to suburbs and farms. Across these diverse landscapes, many species of crow are doing well: their intelligent and adaptive ways of life have allowed them to thrive amid human-driven transformations. Indeed, crows are frequently disliked for their success, seen as pests, threats, and scavengers on the detritus of human life. But among the vast variety of crows, there are also critically endangered species that are barely hanging on to existence, some of them the subjects of passionate conservation efforts.
The Wake of Crows is an exploration of the entangled lives of humans and crows. Focusing on five key sites, Thom van Dooren asks how we might live well with crows in a changing world. He explores contemporary possibilities for shared life emerging in the context of ongoing processes of globalization, colonization, urbanization, and climate change. Moving among these diverse contexts, this book tells stories of extermination and extinction alongside fragile efforts to better understand and make room for other species. Grounded in the careful work of paying attention to particular crows and their people, The Wake of Crows is an effort to imagine and put into practice a multispecies ethics. In so doing, van Dooren explores some of the possibilities that still exist for living and dying well on this damaged planet.
Thom Van Dooren, The Wake of Crows. Living and Dying in Shared Worlds, Columbia University Press, 2019.
Quatrième de couverture : Du fait de sa vie sociale complexe et de sa remarquable intelligence, le corbeau suscite des réactions contradictoires d’une culture à l’autre, allant de la méfiance à la confiance. Dans cet ouvrage de référence, Thom van Dooren propose une éthique multi-espèces pour examiner les liens qui unissent les vies des humains et celles des corbeaux en vue d’une coexistence harmonieuse.
The Guest Seminar Series is organized collectively by the CSI PhD students. It is open upon registration
The Guest Seminar Series is organized collectively by the CSI PhD students. It is open upon registration (in-person, in the limit of places available).
