Human/Animal

Conference

21st-22nd June 2010

Bristol Zoological Gardens

Beyond Exceptionalism:

The Animal in Human Explanation

The ESRC/MRC funded network ‘Understanding human behaviour through human/animal relations’ is organising a conference as the culmination of the fascinating series of workshops that have brought together researchers from across the scientific disciplines to explore the question of the role, importance and effects of different forms of human engagement with non-human animals upon human behaviour. The conference, which will be held entirely in plenary, will consist of 4 key note papers from invited speakers and up to 10 submitted papers. Papers will be presented by social, natural and animal scientists dealing with multiple aspects of human/animal interaction (whether it be through companionship, through wild encounters, through science, through story telling and artistic mediation, through husbandry and so on) and their bearing and influence upon human behaviour.

The conference will begin at 10.30 on Monday 21st June and end around 15.30 on Tuesday 22nd. There will be a nominal fee to cover costs and entry to the conference also covers entry to Bristol Zoo for the duration of the event.