Estivales de la Question animale
Programme of the 2009 Estivales
The programme at of the Estivales is usually composed of conference-debates and of open debates. There are typically two such events each day. In the evenings a film or other more lightweight events may be proposed.
A more detailed presentation of each event can be found in the French section of this site.
| Morning | Afternoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 15 | // | Greeting of the participants |
| Sunday 16 | « Faut-il promouvoir le véganisme ? Mode de vie et action politique » (“Should we promote veganism? Lifestyle and political action”) collective debate introduced by Cécile Bourgain (in French) |
« Les enfants et la question animale » (“Children and the animal question”) testimonies by parents, children and ex-children (in French) |
| Monday 17 | « L'esperienza di lotta della Coalizione contro la Vivisezione nelle Università in Italia: un approccio etico e politico alla sperimentazione animale » (“The experience of the struggle of the Coalition against vivisection in universities in Italy: an ethical and political approach to animal experimentation”) Marco Reggio, animal liberation activist (in Italian, with immediate translation into French) |
Presentation of the Swiss collective Lausanimaliste (in French) |
| Tuesday 18 | « Austria: the repression of the animal liberation movement and the general situation of the animal struggle » Martin Balluch, president of the Austrian association Verein Gegen Tierfabriken (in English) |
« Rêve d'animaux » (“Dreaming of animals”) performance by David Myriam |
| Wednesday 19 | « Transgenic silences? Some notes on mouse ethics in experimental practice » Tora Holmberg, sociologist, researcher at the Uppsala university (in English) |
« La question de l'identité personnelle et sa pertinence pour la question animale » (“The issue of personal identity and its implications for the animal question”) David Olivier, founder of the journal Les Cahiers antispécistes and animal liberation activist (in French) |
| Thursday 20 | « Antispécisme et anticapitalisme » (“Antispeciesism and anticapitalism”) collective debate introduced by Agnese Pignataro (in French) |
« La planète sauvage » (“Fantastic Planet”) film by René Laloux |
| Friday 21 | « L'animal dans la philosophie millénaire de l'Inde et la contradiction avec l'Inde moderne »(“The animal in the age-old philosophy of India and the contradiction with westernized India
”) Joëlle Verdier, speaker, translator and activist for animal rights (in French) |
« La libération animale : quelles stratégies ? » (“Animal liberation: what strategies”) collective debate introduced by par Dominique Joron (in French) |
| Saturday 22 | Assessment the 2009 edition and perspectives | // |