(Un)Common Worlds III - Navigating and Inhabiting Biodiverse Anthropocene
(Un)Common Worlds III - Navigating and Inhabiting Biodiverse Anthropocene
A human-animal studies conference at the University of Oulu, 4-6 October 2023
The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity, and so little has happened that the fourth decade begins with the recent UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) declaration that we are now dealing with an existential crisis. One of the identified root causes of biodiversity loss is said to stem from people’s perceptions of other species – a realm of inquiry addressed widely in human–animal studies and critical animal studies.