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The Animals & Society Colloquium Series presents: When Animals Die: Examining Justifications and Envisioning Justice
January 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

How do human and other-than-human animals make sense of animal death? How do social contexts, including prevailing power relations between humans and other-than-human animals in a given society, shape the deaths of other-than-human animals and how we make sense of them? Panelists in this session, who are among the contributors to the anthology When Animals Die: Examining Justifications and Envisioning Justice (2024, edited by Katja M. Guenther and Julian Paul Keenan), will discuss the circumstances and conditions of animal death and possibilities for resistance and change. Charlotte Cot茅 examines the commitment the Indigenous Nation of Tseshat has to reciprocity and respect in human relations with other-than-human animals. Lisa Jean Moore analyzes the circumstances leading to the creation and then the 鈥渄isappearance鈥 (or extinction) of spider goats, a transgenic goat bred to produce spider silk protein in their milk. David Pellow elucidates the harms that the carceral system focused on humans inflicts on non-human animals and ecosystems.
Panelists:
鈥 Charlotte Cot茅, Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington
鈥 Lisa Jean Moore, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, SUNY
鈥 David Pellow, Dehlsen Chair and Professor of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Moderator:
鈥 Katja M. Guenther, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, UC Riverside
To Register:
Those interested in reading the book prior to the panel can save 30 percent off the list price by entering NYUP30 on checkout at www.nyupress.org.