Ecosemiotics conference presentation available on YouTube

A video recording of my talk on ecosemiotics from this year´s Gathering in Biosemiotics, which was held in Rotterdam in August, is now available on YouTube. 

Video of Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2025 available on YouTube

Recordings of the Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2025 (Dyreetikkonferansen 2025) are available on the YouTube channel of The Norwegian Veterinary Institute. The topic was "Når dyr dør. Perspektiver på livets slutt" (When animals die. Perspectives on the end of life). Note that this full-day event was all held in Norwegian.

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Panel discussion chaired at Animal Ethics Conference 2025 on animals´ death

Presentation on love and knowledge given at Dyreetikkonferansen 2023; panel discussion participation

Today I have taken part in Dyreetikkonferansen 2023 (the Norwegian animal ethics conference 2023) at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, which had the theme «Er kjærlighet nok? Når omsorgen for dyr går galt» (Is love enough? When care for animals goes wrong). I had a 20 minute presentation, "Kjærlighet og kunnskap – henger det sammen? Del II" (Love and knowledge - are they connected? Part II)*, and participated in a concluding panel discussion, titled "Hvordan best forebygge vanskjøtsel og mishandling av dyr" (How to best prevent neglect and abuse of animals). Some 60 people attended physically, and at least 40 more online. The whole conference is available via YouTube post-event as well - here (my presentation starts at ca. -3hrs57m).

* Turid Buvik delivered Part I of the same theme, from a different point of view.

Dyreetikkonferansen 2022 held; panel chaired; recordings available online

Wednesday this week I attended Dyreetikkonferansen 2022 in Oslo (at Litteraturhuset), which had the theme "Noen dyr er likere enn andre. Hvorfor behandler vi dyr forskjellig?". I have been in the organizing committee. I also chaired the panel discussion, which lasted for 2 hours. Some 100 people attended physically while at least 70 attended online. 

The event was streamed. The recordings are available at YouTube.

“Zoosemiotics beyond Sebeok” presented at 22nd Gathering in Biosemiotics in the Czech Republic

Today I have presented my paper “Zoosemiotics beyond Sebeok” in the first session of the 22nd International Gathering in Biosemiotics, which is held at Palacký University in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, June 27th - July 1st. Perhaps 60 people attended the talk. In addition, a dozen people or so followed the conference livestream on YouTube.

By now todays´ livestream has been seen by some 200 people.

Umwelt/phenomenology paper presented at 21st gathering in biosemiotics

Today I presented my paper "The relevance of Umwelt theory for the theory and practice of phenomenology" digitally live at the 21st Gathering in biosemiotics. The live presentation was watched by some 45 people on Zoom, and was also live-streamed on YouTube (and is also available for later watching).

Bachelor closing ceremony 2021 at Department of social studies, University of Stavanger

This is the bachelor closing ceremony 2021 for Department of social studies at University of Stavanger. The program includes a speech by me, and one by Andreas Håheim, plus two song performances (jazz).

Recordings of my and other presentations from 20th gathering in biosemiotics

Recordings from the 20th Gathering in biosemiotics are available on YouTube here. My presentation "Introducing a three-dimensional interactive semiotic model of environmental change" was held on day one (November 27th) and starts at 4:31:14 on the recordings from that day.

Model of environmental interplay and change presented at 20th Gathering in biosemiotics

Today I have presented my paper "Introducing a three-dimensional, interactive semiotic model of environmental change" at the 20th gathering in biosemiotics, which is being held digitally today and throughout the weekend. Some 70 people watched the presentation live via Zoom. The conference is also streamed via YouTube and recorded for later use.

Video recording of Dyreetikkonferansen 2020

Video recordings of the Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2020, which had the theme "Welfare in the time of isolation", is now available on YouTube (NB: in Norwegian).

My most viewed YouTube videos

1. Wolf play (67.003)

2. Wolf couple moving in synch (5.942)

3. Fighting over food (2.079)

4. Wolves wrestle (1.302)

5. Sozialiced wolves at Langedrag meet kindergarten kids (1.217)

6. Wolves coming to join us at Polar Zoo (932)

7. A wolf plotting to steal my gloves (786)

8. Luna is chased - the fun is over, time to go (666)

9. Ylva the wolf wants to play fight (545)

10. Filosofihistorien på 1-2-3 (516)

All found on the YouTube page of MrMortenToennessen.

Minding Animals video for Bachelor legate

A short PR video has been made for the Bachelor legate that Minding Animals Norway is launching. It can be seen on YouTube, among other places.

Podcast/video "Sosialkringkastingen" recorded

Today I was in NettOp´s studio at University of Stavanger with Joakim Jiri Haaland, to record the first episode of Joakim´s podcast "Sosialkringkastingen". About 1 hour. Will appear soon, as both podcast and YouTube video.

Guri Larsen lecture referred to in Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance newsletter

Minding Animals Norway´s video recording of Guri Larsen´s lecture at the 4th Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference, which was about cow-calf relations in milk production, is mentioned and linked to in the newsletter of Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance (Dyrevernalliansen), Dyrevern Viten #14/2016. See the full video here.

Videos from 4th Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference online

On its YouTube channel, Minding Animals Norway (MAN) has released videos from the 4th Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference. MAN´s webmaster Iselin Linstad Hauge prepared the videos.

Links:

Part 1 (introduction by yours truly + presentation by Bjarne Braastad)

Part 2 (presentation by Guri Larsen)

Part 3 (presentation by Espen Gamlund)

"Wolf play" clip featured in Discovery documentary aired this Spring

Excerpts of my video clip "Wolf play", which has to date been seen some 59.000 times on YouTube, were featured in a documentary series that aired on Discovery Channel this Spring. The excerpts, recorded by me during field work involving socialised wolves in Polar Zoo in 2010, appears in episode 7 of the series Deadly dilemmas, produced by London-based October Films, in the timespan 19.56-20.02 and then again 22.01-22.06. I am acknowledged ("Archives": Morten Tønnessen ...) ca. 22.19-22.22. Series producer is Paul Connolly.

The video clip from the wolf play video is part of a dilemma which involves being lost in wilderness and having to choose between joining a pride of lions or a pack of wolves in order to survive.

Videos from Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2013 online; including two featuring me

Videos from the Norwegian Animal Ethics Conference 2013 are now online via the YouTube page of Minding Animals Norway - see YouTube playlist. Videos include one of my presentation, titled "Hva er natur i en verden uten villmark?" [What is nature in a world without wilderness?] and a panel discussion I chaired, "Fritt vilt? Forvaltningen av de store rovdyrene" [Fair game? Management of the big predators].

Kudos to Lene Sand for filming and to Frode Bakke Bjerkevik for editing, plus to NOAH - for animal rights for filming of the two panel discussions.

Post on "Wolf play" video clip in Minding Animals blog

On November 12th last year I wrote and got posted "Ulvelek fra Bardu til Discovery" [Wolf play from Bardu to Discovery channel] in the blog of Minding Animals Norway.

See the Youtube clip "Wolf play" here.

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Video clip 'Wolf play' to be featured in Discovery documentary

Video clip 'Wolf play' to be featured in Discovery documentary

Today I was contacted by October Films (London, UK) concerning a TV series they are producing for Discovery International. They have requested to make use of my video clip "Wolf play" (recorded in Polar Zoo March 2010 and currently shown some 55.000 times on YouTube), and I have granted them license to do so. I have requested the end credit (to be shown in the final credit sequence) "Morten Tønnessen (http://UtopianRealism.blogspot.no/)".

The documentary series is called "Deadly dilemmas" and is expected to air in Europe on Discovery Channel in early 2014.

"Wolf play" stats: Seasonal and geographical variations

I have previously posted about my video clip "Wolf play", recorded in Polar Zoo, Northern Norway (which has as of today been viewed 49.476 times) - see:

"Wolf play" a Youtube hit (November 2011)

Wolf play video (July 2012)

"Wolf play" now seen 47.000 times (April 2013)

In the most recent post I noted that 

[t]he ups and downs in views follow the season, with exponential growth throughout the year and then a dive in traffic each Christmas (does anybody know how many videos on YouTube display this pattern - likely due to traffic generating more traffic via increased visibility, combined with a pause in interest for this kind of video during Christmas?).

Here is a more detailed picture of these seasonal variations (weekly number of views, from the clip was uploaded until the last week):

Both in 2011 and 2012 the number of views peaked in week 50 (4.147 and 1.941 views respectively). There's further been a mid-year peak in both 2012 and 2013 - in weeks 24-25 in 2012, with some 800-900 views per week, and in weeks 14-15 this year, with some 900-1.100 views per week. In contrast, there were only roughly 100 views per week in the beginning of both 2012 and 2013, after the hard landing which appears to be coded into YouTube's system.

The map below the diagram shows the countries where the video clip has been viewed the most. Top 5:

1. USA 17.963

2. Canada 3.528

3. UK 2.549

4. Italy 1.888

5. Japan 1.490

Norway is at no. 15 with 628 views.