Writing animals in cultural history. Harriet Ritvo: Making Space for Animals

Time: Wednesday 25 April, 10.00-12.30
Venue: Eilert Sundt's building, room 551, Blindern

Making Space for Animals

The title of this talk refers to an issue that exists on both the figurative and the literal levels. The last several decades have seen the gradual recognition of the significance of animals as subjects of cultural history.

These historiographical challenges echo historical ones. The erasure of other animals has been a recurrent theme of human history. The fates of animals targeted by 19th-century acclimatizers provide suggestive examples.

Organisers: Liv Emma Thorsen, Hilde Reinertsen og Kristin Asdal.

List of "Writing nature" seminars:

1) Når antropologer skriver natur, 15. februar 2012

2) Writing nature in science and technology studies (STS), 14. mars 2012

3) Writing animals in cultural history, 25. april 2012

The list will be updated with more seminars as soon as the invited scholars confirm their participation.