Global Friday Presents
Dr. Jeannette Vaught
Lecturer, Department of Liberal Studies,
Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
California State University-Los Angeles

ABSTRACT:  In an age where human anxieties over sharply declining biodiversity across bird, insect, fish, and mammal species across the globe are becoming more and more visible, it is critically important to remain attuned to how humans are, in many different contexts, also confronting (and at times creating) animal abundance. Informed by multispecies ethnography, science and technology studies, and gender and sexuality studies, this talk centers on the analysis of human-directed animal reproduction, and outlines two examples -- one from the “horse world” of domestic human/equine partnerships, and one from the agricultural technology world of locust farming start-ups.  By critically assessing the contradictions of human approaches to contemporary animal abundance and animal loss, these examples offer key lessons for meeting this moment of crisis with a clearer understanding of what is at stake for the animals around us.

Online via Zoom: https://unbc.zoom.us/j/69331073313?pwd=VlpVdVpxMDQwQzZJcVo0RXJETFVQQT09
Meeting ID: 693 3107 3313            Passcode: 053133

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