Episode 38: Fiona Probyn-Rapsey discusses the politics surrounding violence against dingoes in Australia

This week’s episode features my interview with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Professor of Humanities at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Fiona is a leading scholar in the field of Human-Animal Studies (also known as Animal Studies), which is an academic discipline that examines the relations between humans and nonhuman animals in society. She is the co-editor of three books and has written numerous articles and book chapters.

In this interview, we discuss Fiona's 2015 academic article, titled "Dingoes and Dog-Whistling: A Cultural Politics of Race and Species in Australia". Fiona tells me about the political situation regarding dingoes in Australia, and she explains how violence against dingoes is driven, in large part, by the sheep exploitation industry (and funded by the Australian government). She also discusses the significance of the term "anthropocentrism", and she mentions two vegan scholars whose work interests her.

You can find some of Fiona's thought-provoking articles and book chapters, including her work on dingoes and anthropocentrism, on her Academia.edu page. I hope to interview her again in the future to discuss her other work, as well!

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Go vegan, stay vegan, and let's remember to stand up and speak up for animal rights today and every day. Thanks for listening to the show!

Episode 37: David Nibert speaks about the connections between animal oppression, human violence, and capitalism

Photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals.
(This photo was taken at a sanctuary.)

This week’s episode features my recent interview with the vegan sociologist David Nibert, Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University in Ohio. David is the author of two books about the entanglements of animal oppression and human violence, and he is the editor of a two-volume book series titled Animal Oppression and Capitalism. He is also a co-founder of the section on Animals and Society of the American Sociological Association.

In this interview, David speaks about how the oppression of nonhuman animals has historically led to warfare between humans, as well as pandemics and environmental destruction, and how this continues to this day. He also discusses how capitalism, colonialism, and animal exploitation are connected, and he promotes being involved in activism, including vegan education, and using anti-speciesist language.

In the interview, David endorses the work of Vegan Information Project-- check out my previous interview with Roger Yates of Vegan Information Project here.

I am currently partway through reading David's book Animal Oppression and Human Violence, which I referenced in the interview. It's a very interesting book.

How to listen to this episode

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1. Listen to the episode on CKCU FM's website at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/553/49090.html.
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Go vegan, stay vegan, and let's remember to stand up and speak up for animal rights today and every day. Thanks for listening to the show!

Episode 36: Zoei Sutton discusses Emancipatory Animal Sociology and the ethical problems with keeping other animals as "pets"

Welcome to episode 36 of Always for Animal Rights!

This week, I am pleased to present my recent interview with Zoei Sutton, PhD, a vegan sociologist who works at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Zoei's research focuses on critically exploring the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals in society. Along with Corey Lee Wrenn, Zoei is the co-founder of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists.

In this interview, Zoei speaks about the need for an Emancipatory Animal Sociology-- that is, a sociology that is dedicated to the liberation of other animals-- and she tells me about what led to the founding of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists. (You can find many of the presentations from IAVS's latest conference on the Vegan Sociology YouTube channel.) She also speaks about her research on the discourse that the Australian media uses to speak about animals who are labelled as "pests". Then, we have a discussion about the ethical problems with using other animals as "pets".

It's a very interesting interview, and I hope you'll listen in!

How to listen to this episode

There are two ways you can listen to this episode.

1. Listen to the episode on CKCU FM's website at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/553/49008.html.
2. Listen to or download the podcast from Archive.org at https://archive.org/details/afar-september-9-2020.
   

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Go vegan, stay vegan, and let's remember to stand up and speak up for animal rights today and every day. Thanks for listening to the show!