Erica von Essen

@ericavonessen.bsky.social

Human-wildlife researcher based at Stockholm Resilience Center and in a virtual bubble of animal memes

now that the moose broadcast has been pretty slow/uneventful this year, the virtual campfire function becomes all the more important: people stoke the embers and conjure up user activities to keep things fun & active

Stockholm University@stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“It’s a digital campfire, a new way of experiencing nature together in a comfortable, cushioned, modern way” @ericavonessen.bsky.social at @sthlmresilience.bsky.social in National Geographic about The Great Moose Migration (Den stora älgvandringen). www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

"I älgvandringen kan man associera till sin egen miljö. Det är kanske lite tråkigare, men också mer oförutsägbart på ett tilltalande sätt" Erica von Essen på @sthlmresilience.bsky.social om varför Den stora älgvandringen väcker starkt engagemang. @ericavonessen.bsky.social www.dn.se/kultur/sa-bl...

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I'm at a workshop on digital surveillance tech on animal interaction in Potsdam and i'm sitting next to a professor who designs toys for Pallas cats in zoos. his fieldwork is literally playing with cats like margays. im still processing

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it's so funny how academic fields start their papers in such distinct styles. my people are always dramatic w it 'in the sixth mass extinction/in the global sustainability crisis'. my anthropology colleagues always at the micro level of vignettes 'the snow crunched underneath my boots...'

Given the long history of species releases and the diverse range of actors involved in them it almost seems like a human impulse. a bit like feeding animals. but this article does a good job unpacking the political dimensions of it.

George Holmes@georgeholmes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Short piece in @consletters.bsky.social exploring social, cultural, political and ecological apsects of illicit and unregulated species translocations - what others (not me, due to homophone errors) might call guerilla rewilding. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...