Essays about: "Animal Rights Activism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Animal Rights Activism.

  1. 1. Design Activism Challenging the Speciesist Upbringing of Children

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Medie- och Informationsteknik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Matilda Wallén; [2022]
    Keywords : Critical Design; Provotypes; Design Activism; Animal Rights; Speciesism; Child Rearing; Parenting;

    Abstract : The arguments for advancing the interests of other animals are overwhelming. Human's exploitation of other animals is deeply intertwined with the modern crisis. The reality for the nonhuman animals we consume is a blind spot in our children's education. Not only are they withheld certain information, but they are also lied to. READ MORE

  3. 2. Making the world a better place, violently. A study of the narratives of Djurfront

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Carnefjord; [2021]
    Keywords : Djurfront; Animal rights; Animal Rights Activism; Narratives; Cultural Criminology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I investigate the narratives through which Djurfront makes sense of and justify animal rights, actions, demonstrations as well as the use of violence. But also how these narratives within Djurfront are formed and maintained. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Speciesism Gaze!?" : An ethical discursive analysis of animal right posters from a postcolonial, eco-critical and new materialist feminist perspective.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

    Author : Lena Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : speciesism gaze; sexism; racism; grievability; killability; species necropolitics; anthropocentrism; androcentrism; anthropocene; intertextuality; intersectionality; eco-critical; new materialism feminism; post humanities; animal rights; blicken av speciesism; rasism; antropocentrism; androcentrism; antropocen; intertextualitet; intersektionalitet; eko-kritisk; djurs rätt;

    Abstract : Our western society and lifestyle is to a considerable extent depended on the way we perceive and treat our co-existing non-human species. Industrial farming, vivisection, sports, circuses etcetera are just a few examples of how human use and exploit animal bodies for own gain. READ MORE

  5. 4. Changing the World through Consumption : The Contradictions of Political Engagement in the Case of Oatly

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alexandra Mccrow-Young; [2016]
    Keywords : commodity activism; political engagement; online activism; political consumption; Oatly; Sweden; vegan movement; environmental movement; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2014, Swedish oat milk producer Oatly was sued by the dairy lobby LRF Mjölk for their use of marketing slogans such as “It’s like milk, but made for humans” which the dairy lobby claimed painted cow’s milk negatively. Dubbed the “milk wars”, the dispute sparked an intense debate over the political and environmental impacts of dairy production up until and beyond the court’s decision in November 2015. READ MORE

  6. 5. Saving cetaceans : documentary films, animal activism and power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Caroline Blomqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : Keywords: Animal activism; Cetaceans in captivity; Animal rights; Animal welfare; Civic culture; Civic engagement; Political participation; Documentary film; Internet; Moral emotions; Empathy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In modern times, the world has experienced the rise of a range of different large, well-coordinated social movements with the goal to make the world a better place for oppressed societal groups. One of these movements is the animal activist movement, with the objective to change the societal norms regarding facilitating and exploiting cetaceans through captivity at zoos- and marine mammal parks etc. READ MORE