Svetoslava Toncheva
Biographic Data
| ID | 1676876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svetoslava Toncheva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svetoslava |
| FAMILY NAME | Toncheva |
| SIGNATURE | TONCHEVA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0243-7658 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coexistence 2.0? How interactions between humans and wildlife are mediated in Web 2.0 space
The article explores what we term “coexistence 2.0”: the simultaneous separation of people and wildlife in physical space and their reconnection online. Our discussion builds on a growing body of research examining the uptake of web 2.0 platforms by conservation organizations to encourage virtual connection with nature, often characterized as “nature 2.0”. Yet within this prolific nature 2.0 literature, the particular dynamic of coexistence 2.0 h…
Multispecies Constitutionality: Governing Human-Wildlife Interaction Beyond Anthropocentrism
The question of the role of non-humans in conservation has given rise to a number of pressing debates. Proponents of ecocentrism, multispecies ethnography or the post-human turn have all aimed to promote more-than-human perspectives and attribute equal importance to all forms of (animate) life. However, their relative failure to translate this advocacy into actual conservation decision making has given rise to the question how to appropriately re…
Convivial Conservation from the Bottom Up: Human-Bear Cohabitation in the Rodopi Mountains of Bulgaria
This article describes a case of human-bear cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains (Yagodina-Trigrad area) of Bulgaria. The lack of protected areas in the region and the increasing number of brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) have resulted in both human-wildlife conflicts and the development of mechanisms and practices to facilitate cohabitation in the absence of formal rules to regulate coexistence of human and nonhuman species. However, these mechanism…
Knowing bears: An ethnographic study of knowledge and agency in human-bear cohabitation
This article explores a case of human-wildlife cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains of Bulgaria, wherein people and brown bears ( Ursus arctos) have adapted to living together in relative harmony. While this is due to a variety of factors, chief among these is the way both people and bears appear to pursue knowledge of one another and act on this knowledge so as to actively minimize potential for conflict. We draw on this case to contribute to gr…
On the Path of the Buddha – Specifics and Distribution of Buddhism in Bulgaria
The article deals with an unexplored topic in Bulgarian anthropological context -the distribution and specifics of Buddhism in Bulgaria. It aims at providing information about the penetration of Buddhism in the country and the state of the Buddhist communities at the present moment. Suggesting that Buddhism should be studied within the paradigm of the new spirituality/new religiousness, it attempts to view this specific worldview in the context o…
Knowing bears: An ethnographic study of knowledge and agency in human-bear cohabitation
This article explores a case of human-wildlife cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains of Bulgaria, wherein people and brown bears ( Ursus arctos) have adapted to living together in relative harmony. While this is due to a variety of factors, chief among these is the way both people and bears appear to pursue knowledge of one another and act on this knowledge so as to actively minimize potential for conflict. We draw on this case to contribute to gr…
Multispecies Constitutionality: Governing Human-Wildlife Interaction Beyond Anthropocentrism
The question of the role of non-humans in conservation has given rise to a number of pressing debates. Proponents of ecocentrism, multispecies ethnography or the post-human turn have all aimed to promote more-than-human perspectives and attribute equal importance to all forms of (animate) life. However, their relative failure to translate this advocacy into actual conservation decision making has given rise to the question how to appropriately re…
On the Path of the Buddha – Specifics and Distribution of Buddhism in Bulgaria
The article deals with an unexplored topic in Bulgarian anthropological context -the distribution and specifics of Buddhism in Bulgaria. It aims at providing information about the penetration of Buddhism in the country and the state of the Buddhist communities at the present moment. Suggesting that Buddhism should be studied within the paradigm of the new spirituality/new religiousness, it attempts to view this specific worldview in the context o…
Convivial Conservation from the Bottom Up: Human-Bear Cohabitation in the Rodopi Mountains of Bulgaria
This article describes a case of human-bear cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains (Yagodina-Trigrad area) of Bulgaria. The lack of protected areas in the region and the increasing number of brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) have resulted in both human-wildlife conflicts and the development of mechanisms and practices to facilitate cohabitation in the absence of formal rules to regulate coexistence of human and nonhuman species. However, these mechanism…
Knowing bears: An ethnographic study of knowledge and agency in human-bear cohabitation
This article explores a case of human-wildlife cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains of Bulgaria, wherein people and brown bears ( Ursus arctos) have adapted to living together in relative harmony. While this is due to a variety of factors, chief among these is the way both people and bears appear to pursue knowledge of one another and act on this knowledge so as to actively minimize potential for conflict. We draw on this case to contribute to gr…
Multispecies Constitutionality: Governing Human-Wildlife Interaction Beyond Anthropocentrism
The question of the role of non-humans in conservation has given rise to a number of pressing debates. Proponents of ecocentrism, multispecies ethnography or the post-human turn have all aimed to promote more-than-human perspectives and attribute equal importance to all forms of (animate) life. However, their relative failure to translate this advocacy into actual conservation decision making has given rise to the question how to appropriately re…
Coexistence 2.0? How interactions between humans and wildlife are mediated in Web 2.0 space
The article explores what we term “coexistence 2.0”: the simultaneous separation of people and wildlife in physical space and their reconnection online. Our discussion builds on a growing body of research examining the uptake of web 2.0 platforms by conservation organizations to encourage virtual connection with nature, often characterized as “nature 2.0”. Yet within this prolific nature 2.0 literature, the particular dynamic of coexistence 2.0 h…
Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Wildlife (3 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 works) · Anthropocentrism (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works)