Dear Colleagues,

You are warmly invited to a Restoration Storytelling Slam, organized by SAFIREhttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/biodiverse-arctic-and-global-resilience/safeguarding-biodiversity-through-interdisciplinary-research-habitat-restoration-safire’s Monica Vasile and Anna Krzywozyńska, as part of the YHYS conferencehttps://ssl.eventilla.com/yhys2025 https://ssl.eventilla.com/yhys2025 and open to everyone. It will be fun, we will have exciting stories, hear about restoring wetlands, salmon, coral reefs, farming landscapes, Arctic seals, flying squirrels, bird lakes, and more. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Time & Location: Monday, 24 November 10:00–12:00 Tellus Stage

Short Description: Ecosystem Restoration Storytelling Slam: Transdisciplinarity in Performance This session brings together researchers from different disciplines to share stories related to ecological restoration and hands-on environmental practice. Instead of theorizing inter- and transdisciplinarity, we practice it. In a live “Restoration Storytelling Slam,” speakers tell short engaging stories drawn from their work experience. These stories reveal the relational and experiential dimension of restoration, research and practice, which standard academic presentations often flatten.

Speakers: Tracy Hruska, Luisa Lollio, Angelika Kiebler, Partick Nichols, Galina Kallio, Minna Santaoja, Teemu Lehmusruusu. A list of story titles and abstracts is available at this link.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KTwdeAk3uZTDcPfrNUvrsp76h87hBM3sQNOE58AdaeU/edit?usp=sharing Everybody is welcome! No registration needed.

Warmly, Monica

Dr. Monica Vasile Environmental anthropologist and historian

Faculty of Humanities | University of Oulu, Finland Post-doctoral researcher SAFIREhttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/biodiverse-arctic-and-global-resilience/safeguarding-biodiversity-through-interdisciplinary-research-habitat-restoration-safire: Safeguarding Biodiversity through Interdisciplinary Research on Habitat Restoration

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From Reintroduction to Rewilding: Autonomy, Agency and the Messy Liberation of the European Bisonhttps://secure-web.cisco.com/1L-4ksGE90Z7cTpnXqWYfaxAIm9jhIA5OJMnfUX3S0nihV7VdOarjTxIv8PTb_3Sx4HSFYVk8TLHu3lsqtFg14bp5HzT7MhyyYo5j0ykKCZnUtB189sp_7M3d6w-qM-R1lq7FW4bRuqBkAbX0yl6EvKhViGB6KPgmoXqKmJk7wtJzJqdHEZXYxiSh2Jese0u7DrPCR3DdQ7Isv805EicCVAy-0-cU0BLeBUS_NCtjalX_4rj3Bt0aA96kjuw-s_OvAZZVIT2VCA9dBEpPSC1YhzlMySSSIAcj5t2rCJrS1YZB6QOM8LJD0ZyQxXBIFUCo/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2F10.3197%2F096734022X16552219786618, Environment and History (2024) 30 (1):105-129

Beyond Homecoming: The Reintroduction of Seven Przewalski’s Mares in the Gobi Deserthttps://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/17/2/482/401639/Beyond-HomecomingThe-Reintroduction-of-Seven?searchresult=1,https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/17/2/482/401639/Beyond-HomecomingThe-Reintroduction-of-Seven?searchresult=1 Environmental Humanities (2025) 17 (2): 482–505