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André Krebber
I am an interdisciplinary researcher exploring the history and theory of human-nature relationships, especially our relationship with animals. I see a pressing need in finding ways of how to respond to our current socio-ecological challenges and injustices – and to better understand why we seem to have such a difficult time addressing them.
I am currently a research fellow at Leipzig Lab at Leipzig University. Before that, I was lecturer in history and human-animal studies at the University of Kassel, GER. I received my PhD in Cultural Studies from the New Zealand Center for Human-Animal Studies at the University of Canterbury, NZ, after graduating with a BA/MA in environmental sciences/studies from Lueneburg University, GER.
My research covers (beginning, roughly, from the 17th century) the history of ideas and animals, cultural history and studies, epistemologies and philosophies of nature and history, environmental humanities, human-animal studies, and aesthetics, with particular interests in concepts of animality, the relationship between scientific and artistic approaches to knowledge, the philosophy of Adorno, dialectics, and the environmental crisis.
Supervisors: Philip Armstrong (University of Canterbury, NZ), Evgeny Pavlov (University of Canterbury, NZ), Emily Brady (Texas A&M, USA), and Cecilia Novero (University of Otago, NZ)
I am currently a research fellow at Leipzig Lab at Leipzig University. Before that, I was lecturer in history and human-animal studies at the University of Kassel, GER. I received my PhD in Cultural Studies from the New Zealand Center for Human-Animal Studies at the University of Canterbury, NZ, after graduating with a BA/MA in environmental sciences/studies from Lueneburg University, GER.
My research covers (beginning, roughly, from the 17th century) the history of ideas and animals, cultural history and studies, epistemologies and philosophies of nature and history, environmental humanities, human-animal studies, and aesthetics, with particular interests in concepts of animality, the relationship between scientific and artistic approaches to knowledge, the philosophy of Adorno, dialectics, and the environmental crisis.
Supervisors: Philip Armstrong (University of Canterbury, NZ), Evgeny Pavlov (University of Canterbury, NZ), Emily Brady (Texas A&M, USA), and Cecilia Novero (University of Otago, NZ)
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Jennifer Mather problematizes in her article "Octopus Mind" the imagining of the mind of other animals. Several commentators to her article discuss the challenges (and limitations) of finding adequate cognitive methods and concepts for accessing the mind and experience of octopuses in response to Mather's article. Building on Godfrey-Smith's expansion to Mather's article, our commentary seeks to offer aesthetics as a paradigm for exploring mind and mindfulness in octopuses. We first argue that the arts provide methodologies and approaches to perform what Godfrey-Smith terms an "imaginative leap" to access the experience of octopuses. Secondly, we propose aesthetics as an explanatory paradigm for conceptualizing the mind of an octopus. We finish with a brief overview and introduction of how we are pursuing such a perspective in our current project Okto-Lab. Laboratory for Octopus Aesthetics (www.okto-lab.org.)
Jennifer Mather problematizes in her article "Octopus Mind" the imagining of the mind of other animals. Several commentators to her article discuss the challenges (and limitations) of finding adequate cognitive methods and concepts for accessing the mind and experience of octopuses in response to Mather's article. Building on Godfrey-Smith's expansion to Mather's article, our commentary seeks to offer aesthetics as a paradigm for exploring mind and mindfulness in octopuses. We first argue that the arts provide methodologies and approaches to perform what Godfrey-Smith terms an "imaginative leap" to access the experience of octopuses. Secondly, we propose aesthetics as an explanatory paradigm for conceptualizing the mind of an octopus. We finish with a brief overview and introduction of how we are pursuing such a perspective in our current project Okto-Lab. Laboratory for Octopus Aesthetics (www.okto-lab.org.)
War die Stadt nicht schon immer auch ein Habitat für Wild- und Nutztiere? Welche Änderungen verursachen z. B. Waschbären, Wildschweine und Füchse, die in städtische Gebiete einwandern? Sind urbane Tier–Mensch-Verhältnisse planbar und wenn ja wie? Die Begegnungen zwischen Menschen und Tieren sowie die Inbesitznahme des urbanen Raums durch Tiere stellen eine Herausforderung für die Einwohner und die Wissenschaft dar. Ob im Zoo, im engen Wohnumfeld oder den städtischen Frei- und Nutzflächen, den Grünanlagen und Gärten: Im Zentrum des Bandes steht die Frage, wie Konflikte sowohl zwischen verschiedenen menschlichen Interessengruppen als auch zwischen den Menschen und verschiedensten Tierarten gelöst werden können.
Dominik Ohrem (Hrsg.): American Beasts. Perspectives on Animals, Animality and U.S. Culture, 1776–1920, Neofelis, Berlin, 2017, 304 Seiten.
Felix Lüttge: Auf den Spuren des Wals. Geographien des Lebens im 19. Jahrhundert, Wallstein, Göttingen, 2020, 278 Seiten.
Christian Reiß: Der Axolotl. Ein Labortier im Heimaquarium 1864–1914, Wallstein, Göttingen, 2020, 304 Seiten.
Our workshop brings together artists, scientists and scholars from different disciplines and artistic practices in an attempt to access the alien world of the octopus. Discussions will be object-and material-based by asking the invited presenters to bring along an item to introduce their work and develop their thoughts on octopuses and by interspersing the roundtables with various cultural, material and scientific texts on octopuses. Please register for the workshop by 17 June through: krebber@uni-kassel.de. Participation is free.