Conversation Series on Animal Politics and Animal Justice
Over the last decades there has been an animal turn in a variety of fields: from feminism, conservation and disability studies up to political philosophy, critical race theory and law. The animal turn has put animals at the centre and recognised the fact that animals are members of our human-animal communities and societies.
This kind of thinking does not only affect direct human-animal relationships and the very notion of society, but also questions how humans should treat nature and position ourselves in relation to nature. Earth and animals are not mere resources at our human disposal. We, all animals, have a claim to flourish as the kind of beings and communities we are in this planet. We are all earthlings.
In this series, we will address interdisciplinary questions in relation to ecofeminism, conservation, race, and more generally animal politics and animal justice. Notions such as vulnerability, difference, dependency, the nature of entanglements and caring relationships will be critical terms in our conversations. And so will be other political questions such as: Are animals political agents? And if so, how can we reshape our democracies from the ground up? How can animals’ voices co-author zoodemocracies and the very conception of the public good?
We will address these questions through open-ended interdisciplinary conversations with some of the leading academics in the field of critical animal studies. All our speakers will be animal thinkers who have paid attention to what animals tell us, and are open to be surprised and listen to other animals. The aim of this conversation series is to open a space for new, more just and caring ideas to emerge.
This kind of thinking does not only affect direct human-animal relationships and the very notion of society, but also questions how humans should treat nature and position ourselves in relation to nature. Earth and animals are not mere resources at our human disposal. We, all animals, have a claim to flourish as the kind of beings and communities we are in this planet. We are all earthlings.
In this series, we will address interdisciplinary questions in relation to ecofeminism, conservation, race, and more generally animal politics and animal justice. Notions such as vulnerability, difference, dependency, the nature of entanglements and caring relationships will be critical terms in our conversations. And so will be other political questions such as: Are animals political agents? And if so, how can we reshape our democracies from the ground up? How can animals’ voices co-author zoodemocracies and the very conception of the public good?
We will address these questions through open-ended interdisciplinary conversations with some of the leading academics in the field of critical animal studies. All our speakers will be animal thinkers who have paid attention to what animals tell us, and are open to be surprised and listen to other animals. The aim of this conversation series is to open a space for new, more just and caring ideas to emerge.