What about a session on why we should ~not~ bring animals into human society?
Even companionship is, at essence, for human benefit; dependency upon human beings is not, in my view, a benefit conferred on other animals. One might say that feminism at its essence teaches us that women do not need protection but rather respect. Unlike women, domestic animals can never, even theoretically, achieve liberation in human society. For a nonhuman animal, to be domestic means to be dependent. I live with five "rescued" animals and consider them my family. Yet it is a shame, and a matter of the injustice imposed on animals when we breed them to depend upon human culture, that they had to be rescued at all. Cf. Francione, Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Temple University Press). Best wishes, Lee Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Anne Zilney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: October 2, 2002 1:12 PM Subject: Call for Papers Lisa Anne Zilney is organizing a session entitled "Learning From the Animals: Exploring the Role of Nonhumans in the Classroom" at the Society for the Study of Social Problems meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, August 15-17, 2003. This thematic session seeks submissions to illustrate the varied methods of bringing nonhumans into academic course teachings in a variety of fields. The session will be conducted as a workshop wherein presenters will share teaching exercises and/or techniques. Please submit the exercise you will present or an overview of the orientation you adopt throughout the semester to merge the nonhuman animal with human society. Please send all relevant materials to: Lisa Anne Zilney, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, 906 McClung Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 37996 or via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 31, 2003. ********************************************************************** Lisa Anne Zilney, Ph.D. Candidate University of Tennessee, Sociology, 901 McClung Tower Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0490; (W) 865-974-6021 Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever---Mahatma Gandhi Sometimes we use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them---Antonio Damasio **********************************************************************
