BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27397@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Animals and Politics: The State\, Authoritarianism and Multispecies Assemblies DTSTAMP:20260914T214837Z DTSTART:20261013T180000Z DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to include nonhuman animals in politics? How to think about\nanimal representation\, citizenship\, and deliberation? Du ring this event\,\nspeakers will evaluate traditional and alternative poli tical concepts and\npractices from the standpoint and needs of other anima ls.\n\nRecently\, there has been a growing interest in political models of \nrepresentation\, citizenship and deliberation that are expansive enough to\ninclude animals as constituents. Tonight\, Dinesh Wadiwel and Eva Meij er will\neach reflect on the possibilities\, challenges\, and limits of mu ltispecies\npolitics. They will evaluate liberal democratic frameworks of the State from the\nstandpoint of animals\, and suggest transformative way s of living amongst and\nwith other species. They are joined by Carolina T rujillo who will read a column.\nModeration: Yolande Jansen.\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\nDinesh Wadiwel is an Associate Professor in human rights and socio-leg al\nstudies\, with a background in social and political theory. He is auth or of The\nWar against Animals (Brill 2015) and Animals and Capital (Edinb urgh University\nPress 2023)\, and co-editor\, with Matthew Chrulew\, of F oucault and Animals\n(Leiden: Brill\, 2016). Dinesh is also a disability r ights researcher and was\npart of a team who produced two reports for the Australia Royal Commission into\nViolence\, Abuse\, Neglect and Exploitati on of People with Disability.\n\nEva Meijer is a philosopher\, visual arti st\, writer and singer-songwriter. They\nwrite novels\, philosophical essa ys\, academic texts\, poems and columns\, and their\nwork has been transla ted into over twenty languages. Recurring themes are\nlanguage including s ilence\, madness\, nonhuman animals\, and politics. Meijer’s\nlatest book\ , Antropofacisme\, Voorbij de echte mens is published in October 2026.\n\n Carolina Trujillo is a novelist and writes columns for NRC. Her latest nov el\, De\ninstructies\, focuses on a group of animal activists who prepare to burn down a\nslaughterhouse.\n\nYolande Jansen (moderator) is Associate Professor of Social and Political\nPhilosophy at the UvA. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/animals-and-politics-the-state-authorit arianism-and-multispecies-assemblies GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-centrum,books,spui X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What does it mean to include nonhuman anima ls in politics? How to think about animal representation, citizenship, and deliberation? During this event, speakers will evaluate traditional and a lternative political concepts and practices from the standpoint and needs of other animals.

Recently, there has been a growing inter est in political models of representation, citizenship and deliberation th at are expansive enough to include animals as constituents. Tonight, Dines h Wadiwel and Eva Meijer will each reflect on the possibilities, challenge s, and limits of multispecies politics. They will evaluate liberal democra tic frameworks of the State from the standpoint of animals, and suggest tr ansformative ways of living amongst and with other species. They are joine d by Carolina Trujillo who will read a column. Moderation: Yolande Jansen.

Speakers

Dinesh Wadiwel is an Associate Professor in human rights and socio-legal stud ies, with a background in social and political theory. He is author of The War against Animals (Brill 2015) and Animals and Capital (Edinburgh University Press 2023), and co-editor, with Matthew Chrulew, of Foucault and Animals (Leiden: Brill, 2016). Dinesh is also a d isability rights researcher and was part of a team who produced two report s for the Australia Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exp loitation of People with Disability.

Eva Meijer < /strong>is a philosopher, visual artist, writer and singer-songwriter. The y write novels, philosophical essays, academic texts, poems and columns, a nd their work has been translated into over twenty languages. Recurring th emes are language including silence, madness, nonhuman animals, and politi cs. Meijer’s latest book, Antropofacisme, Voorbij de echte mens i s published in October 2026.

Carolina Trujillo is a novelist and writes columns for NRC. Her latest novel , De instructies, focuses on a group of animal activists who prep are to burn down a slaughterhouse.

Yolande Jansen (moderator) is Associate Professor of Social and Political Philo sophy at the UvA.

BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Animals and Politics: The State, Authoritarianism and Multispec ies Assemblies TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR