What's the point of all this?
Outputs
There are going to be at least three outputs from this project, two conference papers and one article. There is certainly enough material for more articles, and further projects, so watch this space!
The article
Work in progress title: "The warmth of a bear: intersections between archaeology, ethnography, literature and folklore"
Nordic TAG 2024
"How to make an animal: Post-humanism, para-animals, and predatory relationships" in the session “Who’s in? Who’s out? Interrogating the limits of inclusivity and exclusivity in the study of the Viking Age”.
With Keith Ruiter.
Scottish Society for Northern Studies
"(The) Animal Matters: exploring multidisciplinary approaches to animal-human relationships in the medieval north"
Viking Studies Research Group
"Being bear-ly dressed: human relationships with bears and bearskins in the Viking and medieval North".
Leeds IMC 2024
"Being Bear: Bearskins, Warmth, and Protection in Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia" in the session 'Animal-like: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'