Katja Jylkka
Biographic Data
| ID | 2101046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katja Jylkka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katja |
| FAMILY NAME | Jylkka |
| SIGNATURE | JYLKKA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Witness the Plesiosaurus
Discussions of the Loch Ness Monster, and indeed cryptozoology, the search for unknown animals in general, tend to be oriented around questions of authenticity, scientific rigor, and biological truth. This essay argues that, by considering perspectives from the history of science and literary study, we can see the image of a dinosaur survival in Loch Ness as a powerful narrative that exists in both works of fiction and sightings of the monster. T…
Mutations of nature, parodies of mankind
The increasing presence of wild animals (especially carnivores) in cities has become a concern in contemporary news stories, scientific writing, urban planning, and works of fiction. This concern seems to demonstrate that the movement, and more specifically the success, of wild animals in urban space threatens our idea of the city as an inherently unnatural, man-made environment, thereby destabilizing what distinguishes human from animal. Johanna…
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Mutations of nature, parodies of mankind
The increasing presence of wild animals (especially carnivores) in cities has become a concern in contemporary news stories, scientific writing, urban planning, and works of fiction. This concern seems to demonstrate that the movement, and more specifically the success, of wild animals in urban space threatens our idea of the city as an inherently unnatural, man-made environment, thereby destabilizing what distinguishes human from animal. Johanna…
Witness the Plesiosaurus
Discussions of the Loch Ness Monster, and indeed cryptozoology, the search for unknown animals in general, tend to be oriented around questions of authenticity, scientific rigor, and biological truth. This essay argues that, by considering perspectives from the history of science and literary study, we can see the image of a dinosaur survival in Loch Ness as a powerful narrative that exists in both works of fiction and sightings of the monster. T…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work)