Tag: critical animal studies
Call for Presentations – for the 2016 4th Annual Oceania Conference for Critical Animal Studies
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ICAS Scholar-Activist Profile Series – March 2016: Meneka Thirukkumaran
1. Please introduce yourself. Hi, I’m Meneka (like “Monica”). I am an artist, scholar, teacher, and activist living in Calgary, Alberta. I am currently a doctoral student at the University of Calgary, studying Curriculum and Learning. My research questions the neutrality of curricular structures by interrogating how educational spaces can be oppressive to humans, non-humans, […]
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2016 15th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies
2016 15th ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES Senate Room, Student Union Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado, USA Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2016 #2016NACriticalAnimalStudies There is an airport – Durango Airport CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF CONFERENCE SCHEDULE LIVESTREAMING CLICK HERE The North American Collective of the Institute for Critical […]
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ICAS January 2016 E-Newsletter
Hello Friends of ICAS, We are growing always with new members and volunteers. We are developing regular monthly meetings with all the continental chapters of ICAS facilitated by Carolyn Drew. Also we have a few publications coming out so please stay tuned on our website and Facebooks. To be more specific so we promote and […]
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ICAS December 2015 E-Newsletter
__________ PDF of E-Newsletter Click Here. __________ Hello Friends of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, As you all know in January of 2015 ICAS Executive Board of Directors, which include eight Executive Directors – Ian Purdy, Joe Leeson-Shatz, Amber George, Carolyn Drew, Sinem Ketenci, Anthony Nocella, and Johnny Lupinacci and a rotating SCAS member, […]
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December 2015 Top 5 – Five Elements that are Foundational for CAS
We’ve discovered that critical animal studies mean different things to different people. Here are the foundational elements of CAS as we see them: 1. Anarchism: We oppose authoritarianism and domination, while promoting inclusion, equity, social justice, autonomy, ‘community’ rather than ‘country.’ 2. Total Liberation: We are part of a movement that understand that all activists […]
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ICAS Scholar-Activist Profile Series – December 2015: Stephanie Eccles
My name is Stephanie Eccles. I recently completed an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo in Anthropology and am starting my Master’s program in Fall 2016. As of very recently I am living in Montreal, Quebec with my partner and two sweet cats. What catalyzed your activism? The moment I was able to comprehend […]
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September 2015 ICAS E-Newsletter
September 2015 ICAS E-Newsletter Link to the PDF of the E-Newsletter https://criticalanimalstudies.org/development/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ICAS-E-Newsletter-September-24-2015.pdf ________ Hello Friends of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, While ICAS was founded in 2001 by Anthony Nocella and Steve Best, we really began to grow internationally in 2011 and our first monthly board meetings via Skype started in 2014. This year […]
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ICAS Scholar-Activist Profile Series – May 2015: Andrea Padilla Villarraga
I am Colombian. I am 36 years old and I am a political and academic activist for animal rights. What catalyzed your activism? I decided to become an animal rights activist as I was motivated by feelings and convictions of justice and compassion. Like many people, I started working for the protection of cats and […]
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