Network Veterinary Humanities

The recordings of the presentations can be received by writing an email request to the individual speakers. We left it for them to decide, if they want to publish  or distribute their recording. The first (online-)conference of the Network for Veterinary Humanities was a successful event, nonetheless to our wonderful speakers. With different backgrounds such as philosophy, sociology, literature studies and anthropology the speakers covered a wide range of topics. At the end of each panel, we had fruitful discussions, also together with scholars, who attended the online conference as listeners. In our final discussion round, perspectives for the future of veterinary humanities were elaborated. We are looking forward to the things to come, and to a 2nd conference, that is planned for the future. 

W e are happy to announce that it will be possible to attend our digital conference as a non-speaker. The conference:  Veterinary Humanities Network: Doing Animal Health in more-than-human worlds  will be held on  Thursday, 8th of October and Friday 9th of October . All given times in the program are referred to CET - please keep a possible time gap in mind!  There has been a slight change in our program: we will start already at 11:30 am with a welcome and a short introductory note. Accordingly, the Keynote by LUDEK BROZ, Praha, CZ will start at noon (CET).   Please find the current program here:  https://veterinary-humanities.blogspot.com/2020/08/doing-animal-health-in-more-than-human.html You can attend the conference through this link:  https://eu.bbcollab.com/ guest/ 258df1cd32b440d69a244d3e456ca8 51   We would encourage you to take part in the conference both days or at least one of the days, rather than only attend a particular panel. If you are interested in specific presentati

Doing Animal Health in more-than-human Worlds First (digital) Conference for the Network of Veterinary Humanities Messerli Research Institute, University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna October 8-9th 2020 Program Central European Time (CET)/UTC +2 Thursday, 8th of October 11:30am-12am      Welcome by Julia Gutjahr & Kerstin Weich 12am-01pm         Keynote Ludek Broz (Prague, Czech Republic)- Veterinarization of the Future and its Zoonotic Limits 01-02:30pm      Panel 1 Chair: Else Vogel Karen Hiestand (Sussex, UK) - “What would you do if it was your cat?” The Autonomy Principle in Veterinary Ethics Mariessa Long (Vienna, Austria) -The concept of quality of life for horses Marc Bubeck (Munich, Germany) - ‘Veterinarians are the protectors of animals’. Caring and killing as a constructive element of veterinary professionalism of veterinary students in Germany ---- break ----- 03-04:30pm      Panel 2 Chair: Julia Gutjahr Pru Hobson-Wes

Call for papers: Doing animal health in a more-than-human world First Conference for the Network of Veterinary Humanities (October 8-9, 2020) Messerli  Research  Institute,  University  of  Vienna,  Medical  University  of  Vienna,   University  of  Veterinary  Medicine Vienna,  Austria In recent years, there has been an interest in veterinary science/medicine from the humanities and the social sciences. From this perspective, Veterinary medicine is not just applied science, but a complex and multi-contextual profession. The focus of this research looks upon the societal and cultural impacts of veterinary knowledge, technologies and practices. Furthermore, the ways in which Veterinary Medicine is shaped by cultural values, societal structures and social dynamics are investigated. Specific to the approaches of veterinary humanities is that animals and human-animal relationships play a crucial role. Research into medical practice and knowledge production has to take animals into acco