Πέμπτη 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Symposium: Domesticity and Beyond: Living and Working with Animals


The department of philosophy at Queen’s University is hosting a symposium on animal ethics on September 29th and 30th, 2012. Please see http://domesticityandbeyond.ca/index.htm  for detailed information and registration.

Symposium Schedule

 September 29-30, 2012
Saturday, September 29th
*All talks and lunch held at the Donald Gordon Centre
8:30-9:00: Coffee and light breakfast
9:00-9:15: Introductory remarks
9:15-10:15: Session one (*each session consists in a 20-25 minute talk, a 5-10 minute commentary, and discussion)
Kristin Andrews: Why we need folk psychology in comparative psychology
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-11:30: Session two
Jean Harvey: Relationships, Inclusion, and Obligations: Reflecting on Companion Animals
11:30-12:30: Session three
Wendy Adams: They have so much to teach us: Popular culture and the normative construction of animal-human relationships
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:30: Session four
Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka: Citizen Canine: Domesticated Animals and Agency
2:30-3:30: Session five
Mick Smith: Denizens: Why natural and social histories matter
3:30-3:45: Break
3:45-4:45: Session six
Lori Gruen: Do we need to live with other animals?
4:45-5:15: Wrap up commentary/discussion
7:00: Dinner at Aquaterra (Located at 1 Johnson Street, in the Radisson Hotel)
Sunday, September 30th
*All sessions will take place at the Donald Gordon Centre
8:30-9:00: Coffee and light breakfast
9:00-9:30: Panel on “Bridging Academia and Advocacy” to introduce parallel workshops, with Lauren Corman, Mark Holland, and Laura Janara
9:30-11:30: Three parallel workshops (with a fifteen minute break at 10:30)
Workshop 1: The Working Voice: Human-Animal Relations, Agency, and Resistance Under Capitalism, led by Lauren Corman
Workshop 2: TBA, led by Mark Holland
Workshop 3: Nonhuman Animals, Humans and Practice at the University: A Report from UBC, led by Laura Janara
11:30-12:00: Student workshop reports, general discussion, and next steps




http://domesticityandbeyond.ca/index.htm

Δευτέρα 10 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Εκδήλωση με θέμα: Βιβλία για την σχέση μας με τα ζώα

 Εκδήλωση με θέμα: Βιβλία για την σχέση μας με τα ζώα στην Θεσσαλονίκη

19.30
Κυνηγοί, βοσκοί και χάμπουργκερς
του Richard W. Bulliet
παρουσιάζει ο μεταφραστής του βιβλίου Νίκος Κούρκουλος

Ζώα και Ηθική, συλλογικό
παρουσιάζει ο επιμελητής του βιβλίου Σταύρος Καραγεωργάκης

θα ακολουθήσει συζήτηση

20.30
προβολή του ντοκυμαντέρ του Γιάννη Μισουρίδη με τίτλο
Κρέας, ο πόλεμος των πηρουνιών
http://greenwavefestival.com/