S2E7: Political Multispecies Communities with Sue Donaldson
After unpacking what constitutes a multispecies community, Sue Donaldson explains why it is important to consider how politics works to make sure that animals’ experiences, and what they are asking for, are heard.
Sue Donaldson is a writer and animal advocate. She is a research associate in the Dept. of Philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, and co-convenor of the Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics research group. She is the author of 4 books, and dozens of articles, primarily focusing on animal rights and politics. Questions of political community, political agency, and doing democracy with animals are central to her current work, and her most recent publication is "Animal Agora: Animal Citizens and the Democratic Challenge" in Social Theory and Practice. Sue's writing is available at academia.edu and her email address is sld8@queensu.ca.
Mentioned:
Farmed Animal Sanctuaries: The Heart of the Movement By Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka;
Animal Agency in Community: A Political Multispecies Ethnography of VINE Sanctuary by Charlotte Blattner, Sue Donaldson, and Ryan Wilcox;
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde
