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Convenors<\/strong><\/p>\n Angie Pepper<\/strong> (University of Roehampton)<\/span><\/p>\n Eva Meijer<\/strong> (Wageningen University & Research)<\/span><\/p>\n Josh Milburn<\/strong> (University of Sheffield);\u00a0jmilburn02@qub.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Early discourse on animal ethics concentrated primarily on questions to do with the moral status of animals and whether animals could be the bearers of moral rights. Over the last twenty years, philosophers and political theorists have started to ask recognisably <\/span>political<\/span><\/i> questions about human relationships with animals. However, animal ethics and animal rights \u2013 in both their traditional \u2018moral\u2019 form and their new \u2018political\u2019 form \u2013 have overlooked many questions at the intersection of animal ethics, politics, and technology. This is despite the fact that there has been an explosion of technological innovation impacting all dimensions of human-animal interaction, and despite the extensive discussion of what technology can tell us about humanity and animality from animal studies scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n We propose to bring together animal ethicists to ask about the links between animals, ethics, politics, and technology. The workshop will ask and address questions including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Confirmed speakers<\/strong>: Cheryl Abbate (University of Nevada, Las Vegas); Kyle Johannsen (Queen\u2019s University); Jo Ann Oravec (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater); Clare Palmer (Texas A&M); Michelle Westerlaken (University of Cambridge).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Politics, Animals and Technology Convenors Angie Pepper (University of Roehampton) Eva Meijer (Wageningen University & Research) Josh Milburn (University of Sheffield);\u00a0jmilburn02@qub.ac.uk Early discourse on animal ethics concentrated primarily on questions to do with the moral status of animals and whether animals could be the bearers of moral rights. Over the last twenty years, philosophers and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Convenors<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAngie Pepper<\/strong> (University of Roehampton)<\/span>\r\n\r\nEva Meijer<\/strong> (Wageningen University & Research)<\/span>\r\n\r\nJosh Milburn<\/strong> (University of Sheffield);\u00a0jmilburn02@qub.ac.uk<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nEarly discourse on animal ethics concentrated primarily on questions to do with the moral status of animals and whether animals could be the bearers of moral rights. Over the last twenty years, philosophers and political theorists have started to ask recognisably <\/span>political<\/span><\/i> questions about human relationships with animals. However, animal ethics and animal rights \u2013 in both their traditional \u2018moral\u2019 form and their new \u2018political\u2019 form \u2013 have overlooked many questions at the intersection of animal ethics, politics, and technology. This is despite the fact that there has been an explosion of technological innovation impacting all dimensions of human-animal interaction, and despite the extensive discussion of what technology can tell us about humanity and animality from animal studies scholarship.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe propose to bring together animal ethicists to ask about the links between animals, ethics, politics, and technology. The workshop will ask and address questions including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n \t