‘Dog On Trial’: Film about animal-human relationships are put to the test at Cannes Festival
‘Dog On Trial’: Film about animal-human relationships are put to the test at Cannes Festival
SHANNON L. BOWEN: A dog is not the same as a table, right? Wrong, at least in the eyes of the law. Traditionally, judicial systems around the world have recognized two kinds of entities – persons and things – and regarded animals as things. Man’s best friend is no exception. That’s true nearly everywhere, including in Switzerland, which serves as the setting for Dog on Trial (Le Procès du Chien), the directorial debut from Swiss-French actress and writer Laetitia Dosch… Premiering in Un Certain Regard, Dog is a bittersweet comedy about a spirited young female attorney, Avril, and her client, […]
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
Vegans and ‘Green-Collared Criminals’: The Depoliticization of animal advocacy in public discourse
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Despite the pervasive public interest in animal welfare, the framing of animal rights activism in the media has largely contributed to its depoliticization, argues a paper in Polity. “Vegans and “Green-Collared Criminals,'” by Serrin Rutledge-Prior, presents the reaction to a day of animal rights protests in cities and towns around Australia in 2019, and ultimately concludes that the public narratives about the activists delegitimized their endeavors. On the first anniversary of the release of the documentary film Dominion, which presented covertly obtained footage of Australian slaughterhouses, protesters engaged in a series of animal rights actions, including a […]
‘We Are Nature’: A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans
‘We Are Nature’: A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans
TOM OLIVER: What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and bustle of people, or does it include humans too? The meaning of nature has changed since the word was first used back as early as the 15th century. Now a new campaign, We Are Nature, aims to persuade dictionaries to include humans in their definitions of nature… The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines nature as: ‘The phenomena of the physical world collectively; esp. plants, animals, and other features and products of the Earth itself, as opposed to humans […]
