Animal Agency Workshop

    Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audienceInvited talk for an academic audience

    Description

    Presentation Title: Interspecies Justice, Self-Determination and Liminality
    Abstract: Liminal animals – the animals who live around us but not in our homes such as pigeons, foxes, racoons, badgers, magpies, and so on – are typically more self-determining than domesticated animals. This is because liminal animals have more control over their day-to-day lives and are more able to negotiate the many dangers and challenges that go with freedom. In this talk, I defend the claim that human-driven domestication is inherently at odds with animals’ rights to self-determination. I further argue that we have a duty to (1) stop bringing more domesticated animals into existence, and (2) create avenues for existing domesticated animals to transition to liminality.

    Estimated audience numbers (if applicable)

    40
    Period21 Oct 2022
    Event titleAnimal Agency Workshop
    Event typeWorkshop
    LocationWageningen, NetherlandsShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionNational