3rd MINDING ANIMALS CONFERENCE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (JNU), NEW DELHI, 13 TO 20 JANUARY, 2015 FINAL PROGRAMME Presenters and Moderators please note: 1. Except where previously requested by delegates, presentation slots may need to have been moved by the organisers and may appear different from the Final Programme published on the website. Please consult the schedule located in the Conference Programme upon arrival at the Conference for your presentation time. 2. Please note that presenters have to ensure the following timings for presentations, allowing adequate time for questions from the floor and smooth transition of sessions. Plenary and Invited Talks – 45 min. presentation and 15 min. discussion (Q&A); Submitted parallel talks – 20 min. presentation and 10 min. discussion (Q&A) 3. Co-author names are not listed in the programme, although they may be presenting at the conference in place of, or with the main author. For all co-authors, delegates are advised to consult the Conference Abstracts Book provided at the conference. Use of the term et al is provided where there is more than one author of an abstract. 4. Moderator notes will be available at all front desks in lecture halls, along with Time Sheets (5, 3 and 1 minute Left). Moderators will also be requested to provide public notices if and when required, such as Lecture Exit Points, and for announcing and collecting Scoring Sheets for presentations to be considered for Conference Awards. 5. Note that moderator slots may also change. Moderators are requested to refer to this final programme. Day 1 Tuesday, 13 January, 2015 15:00 - 22:00 - Concurrent activities Pre-Conference Interfaith Programme and Multi-Faith Prayer Service at Baha’i House of Registration and Welcome Worship, Lotus Temple 12:00 Registration Desk opens at the Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 13:30 Shuttle Service departs from JNU for delegates travelling to Pre-Conference Interfaith Programme and Multi-Faith Prayer Service at Baha’i House of Worship, Lotus Temple 14:30 Participants assemble at Information Centre, Baha’i House of Worship, Lotus Temple, for Interfaith Programme 15:00 – Interfaith Programme at the Lotus Temple represented by several faiths, including Baha'i, 16:40 Sikhism, Islam, Judaism, Jainism, Hinduism and Christian faiths: 15:00 – 15:10: Welcome by Mr. Shatrughun Jiwnani, Director – Public Information, Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Baha’i House of Worship, New Delhi 15:10 – 15:20: Speech by Acharya Dr. Ravindra Nagar, Hinduism, Laxmi Narayan Temple, New Delhi 15:20 – 15:30: Speech by Fr. Dr. MD Thomas, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Director, Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, Dwarka, New Delhi 15:30 – 15:40: Speech by Dr. Amrit Kaur Basra, Sikhism, Reader, Delhi University 15:40 – 15:50: Speech by Dr. Hanif Mohd. Khan Shastri, Islam, Lecturer, Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya 15:50 – 16:00: Speech by Acharya Kastur Muniji, Jainism, Jain Monk, Acharya Muni Sushil Sushil Ashram, New Delhi 16:00 - 16:10: Speech by Mr. Shatrughun Jiwnani, Director – Public Information, Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Baha’i House of Worship, New Delhi 16:10 – 16:20: Speech by Rabbi Ezekiel I. Malekar, Judaism, Secretary, Judah Hyam Synagogue, New Delhi 16:30 – 16:40: Closing speech by Minding Animals International Incorporated representative. 16:40 Delegates escorted to Baha’i House of Worship Prayer Hall for Service 17:00 – Multi-Faith Prayer Service by Baha’i House of Worship (Lotus Temple) 17:20 17:20 Conference Delegates transported back to Conventions Centre, JNU 19.00 – Icebreaker Night (Cocktails and Snacks) (Convention Centre 22.00 Portico) Welcome by Dr. Rakesh Batabyal , Member Organising Committee MAC3, and Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Day 2 Wednesday, 14 January, 2015 8:00 - 9:00 Registration continues at the Conventions Centre, JNU. 9:00 - 10:00 Inaugural Ceremony (Auditorium 2) Master of Ceremonies, Radhika Bhagat, Wildlife Trust of India. 9.00 - 9.10 Welcome of Dignitaries and Lighting the Lamp. 9.10 - 9.20 Welcome Address, Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Member Steering Committee MAC3, and Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 9.20 - 9.30 Welcome Address, Dr. Rod Bennison, Member Steering Committee MAC3, and Founder and Chairperson, Minding Animals International Incorporated. 9.30 - 9.40 Welcome Note, Mr. Vivek Menon, Chair, Convenor MAC3, Executive Director and CEO, Wildlife Trust of India. 9.40 – 10:00 Inaugural Address, Shri. Prakash Javadekar, the Hon. Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India. 10:00 – 10:05 Vote of Thanks, Dr. Rakesh Batabyal , Member Organising Committee MAC3, and Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 10:05 – 10:40 Group Photograph followed by morning Tea Break (Convention Centre Portico). 10:40 – 10:45 Briefing of delegates on arrangements facilities and programme (Auditorium 2). 10:45 – 10:50 Welcome of Keynote Speaker, Mr. Vivek Menon , Convener MAC3, and CEO, Wildlife Trust of India (Auditorium 2). 10:50 – 11:00 Launch of “Tigers of North Kheri” authored by Mr. Ashok Kumar, Founder and Chairman Emeritus (Auditorium 2). 11:00 - 11:45 Keynote Speech: Smt. Maneka Gandhi , the Hon. Minister of Women and Child Development Government of India (Auditorium 2). 11:45 - 12:45 Plenary Session 1: Jill Robinson MBE 42: Ending Bear Bile Farming in China: a solution based approach (Auditorium 2) Introduced and Moderated by Lisa Kemmerer. 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch (Convention Centre Portico) 14:00 - 16:00 Submitted Talks (30 Minutes each) Protecting the Animals Animals and Religion Thinking About Eating Animal Women and Animals Animals and Art I Seminar Series I (Auditorium 2) Animals (Lecture Hall Experimentation (Lecture Hall 3) (Committee Hall) (Archive Room) Moderated by 1) Moderated by Brett (Lecture Hall 2) Moderated by Fiona Moderated by Jessica Moderated by Arpan Mahalakshmi R. Mizelle Moderated by Nicolas Probyn-Rapsey Ullrich Sharma Delon 14:00 Christine Townend- for Deborah Nadal- Why is Krishna Pathak- Why Kathrin Herrmann- Lisa Kemmerer- John Sheckter- The Art Help in Suffering Kamadhenu on the Vegetarianism: An Animal Women and Animals— of John Wolseley: A Animal Shelter 278 street? The religious Argument for Animals’ experimentation: What’s That About? Postcolonial and cultural reasons of Right to Life 228 openness, public 308 Ornithology 53 straying in India 229 engagement and public concerns 51 14:30 Rosemary Austen and Candace Paula Arcari- “[It] Siobhan O’ Sullivan et Andrea Petitt- "Now Yvette Watt- Artists Steve Garlick- for Laughinghouse- makes me feel happy al- Animal Ethics that I have cattle, I am and Animals: a survey Possumwood Wildlife Decolonization and to be eating it”: Committees, a real woman!": 41 Inc. 287 Intersectionality Capturing complexity Regulation and Empowerment Between Animals and in constructions and Informed Decision strategies among the Religion: A Womanist practices of ethical and Making 26 cowgirls of the Kalahari Response About sustainable meat 106 91 Theological Deficiency, Feminist Theory and Aesthetics 181 15:00 Clementien Pauws- for Hamid Ahmad et al - Alma Massaro et al - Adam See- The Ethics Elena Cohen- "I'd Rene Marqez- Positive Karuna Society for Ritual Halal Slaughter Labelling meat as of Animal Rather Go Naked": Reinforcement Dog Animals and Nature 46 and Animal Welfare 12 “stunned” and “not Experimentation: from PETA, Feminisms and Training as stunned” 135 John Dewey to the Sex Work 145 Postcolonial, an Artist's Present 71 Perspective 213 15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea Break (Convention Centre Portico) 16:00 – 18:00 Documentaries Documentaries (Auditorium 2) Documentaries (Lecture Hall 1) 16:00 A Lion Called Christian Introduced by Ace Bourke, a film celebrating the life Animals and the Buddha Introduced by Kim Stallwood and friendship of Christian, Ace Bourke and Tony Rendall. Ace will be the dinner speaker on the final day of the conference. 17:00 Cages of Shame Introduced by Jill Robinson International Fund for Animal Welfare films New York State Tiger Seizure , Ivory Coast Elephant Rescue and Sharpening the Ax (A Film on Enforcement Training) Introduced by Cindy Milburn 18:00 – 18:30 Earth Energy Yoga Session with Charlotte Cressey for those interested (Auditorium 2) – please bring a towel! After session: Dinner (at own leisure) Day 3 Thursday, 15 January, 2015 8:30 – 9:30 Plenary Session 2 – Marti Kheel Memorial Lecture – Professor Lori Gruen 169: Entangled Empathy (Auditorium 2) Introduced and Moderated by Fiona Probyn-Rapsey (2014 Feminist Animal Studies Fellow at ASI-WAS established in honour of Marti Kheel) 9:30 – 10:00 Morning Tea Break (Convention Centre Portico) 10:00 – 12:00 Submitted Talks (30 Minutes each) Women and Animals Thinking About Animal Law and Public Animals and Culture Animals and Religion Animals and Literature (Archive Room) Animals (Auditorium 2) Policy (Lecture Hall 1) (Lecture Hall 2) (Lecture Hall 3) (Committee Hall) Moderated by Lisa Moderated by Jeff Moderated by Arif Moderated by Amrit Moderated by Hamid Moderated by Kemmerer Sebo Yusof Menon Ahmad Krishnendu Mondal 10:00 Charlotte Cressey - Will Kymlicka et al - Angeline Siegel - Ana Cristina Ramirez - Sangmu Thendup - Joan Gordon - The Charlotte Perkins Farm Sanctuaries: Practicing the New Art Sidesaddle spins. Animals in Early Transformative Animal Gilman: Progenitor of From Refuge to of Science: Seeing the Escaramuzas charras Buddhism 294 Tales of Kij Johnson 54 Ecofeminism 134 Intentional