Today on Edge Effects, @trangdang.bsky.social develops an ethics of care for pangolins, despite living a world away. Her “respectful distance” is a form of companionship rooted in humility, one that acknowledges interdependence without claiming possession and embraces intimacy without proximity. 🦔 🦡

In addition, the call for new Heinz Heinen fellows has just gone live: www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/fellowshi... (for doctoral, junior postdoc, senior postdoc, and alternative knowledge producer positions)

New Weird Fiction and the Anthropocene
Jeff VanderMeer and Ecological Awareness

Trang Dang

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

My monograph is finally here! 🎉 This deep dive explores ecological awareness in the brilliant fiction of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, drawing insight from deep time, evolutionary biology, Indigenous studies, and more! 🌱

Check it out here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

New book on my fiction coming out.

📚 My article "Neocolonialism and oceanic care in Kiana Davenport’s Shark Dialogues" has recently been published with the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

↗️ It's open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#neocolonialism #hawaii #indigenousliterature

I had a brilliant time working at CPA and found the role incredibly rewarding. If you're passionate about climate psychology and environmental justice and have the skills to match do send in an application. Deadline is 5pm BST this Friday! 🌿

Do you have skills in event organising, writing newsletters and social media, and record-keeping? Are you a strong organiser and planner?

We're recruiting for a Communications Coordinator for 4 months. Deadline: 17.00 on Friday 25 April.

Link for more details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're so looking forward to this!

🌊 On 2 June at 1pm BST I'll be presenting my paper on the first Vietnamese sci-fi film Nuoc 2030 at the @livingwithwater.bsky.social seminar series!

🎟️ Come along to listen to the amazing works on #LivingWithWater: www.eventbrite.com/e/living-wit...

3 films coming up at Picturehouses around UK in March on reality of #climateanxiety, the spread of #climate #misinformation & why #scientists became activists. @climatepsychol.bsky.social is pleased to participate in panel discussions - dates & venues: www.picturehouses.com/event-detail...

the top of the tower emerged from the mist like a premonition or the beginning of a fate foretold ages ago, leading into the deep water and the earth beneath

My chapter "Environmental Activism and Ecological Citizenship: An Examination of Vibrant Matter and Distributed Agency" was published in Environmentalism After Humanism last week!

Check out my chapter and brilliant contributions from other authors here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

This brilliant new volume has just been published in my environmental politics and theory series.

How to rethink politics and subjectivity for a post-human post-natural world?