Deadline extended: Nonhuman Cultures

Deadline: 12/17/24
Contact: Helena Feder
Email: federh@ecu.edu

To what extent have ecocriticism and the environmental humanities taken up the call to consider nonhuman cultures or reconsider the idea of culture itself in light of their existence? Contributions from many disciplines are welcome, including literary studies, cultural histories, animal studies, history, philosophy, anthropology, and more.

Please submit an abstract, 250 to 300 words, for a ten to fifteen minute paper on any example or aspect of the following:
Nonhuman avian culture(s)
Nonhuman oceanic culture(s)
Insect culture(s)
transcultural work of Sue SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH
Nonhuman cultures and PAR (participatory action research)
Environmental degradation/climate change and nonhuman cultural collapse
the idea of culture in ecocriticism and/or the environmental humanities

Please submit your abstract and CV to Helena Feder, federh@ecu.edu, by December 17, 2024.

Posted on November 14, 2024