CFP: Vegan Geographies: Ethics beyond violence
The Vegan Geographies Collective, comprising the following editors: * Paul Hodge (The University of Newcastle) Paul.Hodge@newcastle.edu.au * Andrew McGregor (Macquarie University) andrew.mcgregor@mq.edu.au * Yamini Narayan (Deakin University) y.narayanan@deakin.edu.au * Simon Springer (University of Victoria) springer@uvic.ca * Ophélie Véron (Université Catholique de Louvain) ophelie.ei.veron@gmail.com * Richard J. White (Sheffield Hallam University) richard.white@shu.ac.uk are seeking contributions to […]
CFP: Development for Species: Animals in society, animals as society
Deakin University, Melbourne City Campus, September 18-19 Abstracts due by June 30, 2017 Nonhuman animals are typically marginalised by the anthropocentric focus of traditional scholarship in both development and sociology. As social scientists increasingly recognise nonhuman animals as critical members of society who co-produce ‘the social’ along with other animals, we are presented with the […]
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: Attacking on All Fronts
Venue: Adina Hotel Central (near Central Station), Sydney Date: Tuesday 13th June 2017 Illegal wildlife trafficking is seriously threatening fauna species around the world, whether poaching elephants, rhinos and tigers for their tusks, horns and other body parts, or lesser-known species such as pangolins. Australian cockatoos and other parrots, pythons, and lizards can also fetch […]
Member Publications
New Publications by our members: Esther Alloun, 2017. ‘Fur PETA’s Sake! The politics of animals in the Zionist State’, Animal Liberation Currents (23 May 2017). Available at https://www.animalliberationcurrents.com/fur-petassake/ Rick De Vos, 2017. ‘Extinction in a Distant Land: The Question of Elliot’s Bird of Paradise’ in Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death and Generations, eds. Deborah […]
Book Launch – Sydney ‘Extinctions Studies’
Thom van Dooren has co-edited, with Deborah Bird Rose and Matthew Chrulew, a new book entitled Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations (Columbia University Press). 2017 The book will be launched by Ross Gibson, Centenary Professor in Creative & Cultural Research, University of Canberra, at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Sydney, on […]
Pre-conference Event – #AASA2017
Guided Tour of Animal Themed Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace, Adjacent to The University of Adelaide. Sunday 2nd July, 2017, 1.45pm – 2.45pm Before the conference opening and the Val Plumwood Memorial Lecture, take a guided hour tour of the Art Gallery of South Australia, where the guide will focus […]