BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T072211Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220909T170000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop - Animal Politics: Utopian and Dystopian Visions of Multispecies Society UID:20240329T072221Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford Road\, Manchester\, United Kingdom\, M13 9PL DESCRIPTION:
We invite abstracts for the forthcoming MANCEPT Workshops session Animal Politics: Utopian and Dystopian Visions of Multispecies Society in Manchester\, United Kingdom\, 7-9 September 2022.
\nWhen animal ethicists dare to dream\, they imagine worlds in which animals are protected from harm and welcomed as members of our societies. They can\, however\, be forgiven gloomy pessimism when they look at today&rsquo\;s world. Globally\, more animals are kept in factory farms than at any other point in history. The last vestiges of untouched &lsquo\;nature&rsquo\;\, if any exist at all\, are tiny. And catastrophic climate change threatens all of us\, but not least animals.
\nAnimal ethicists &ndash\; especially when informed by political theory &ndash\; have done valuable work theorising multispecies utopias. But they have also done important work documenting today&rsquo\;s multispecies dystopias\, exploring how we can move away from them. We propose to put this work in conversation: to place utopias next to dystopias\, to put ideal theory in conversation with non-ideal theory. Bringing together political theorists\, animal ethicists\, critical animal studies scholars\, and those in cognate disciplines\, we will ask:
\nTo submit a paper\, please send an abstract of no more than 300 words to Angie Pepper (angie.pepper@roehampton.ac.uk) by the 1st of June 2022. Selected speakers will be notified shortly thereafter.
\nIf you have any questions\, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the convenors: Angie Pepper (angie.pepper@roehampton.ac.uk)\, Eva Meijer (e.r.meijer@uva.nl)\, and Josh Milburn (jmilburn02@qub.ac.uk).
\nSelected speakers will have an hour to present their paper\, including Q&\;A. Please note that speakers will have to register for the conference\; this year&rsquo\;s fees are £\;230 for waged academics\, with a concession rate of £\;135. Bursaries are potentially available for current graduate students. Presentations with more than one speaker are welcome\, but all speakers will have to register separately for the conference.
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