Language - the words, body language, and tone - we use to describe nature and more-than-human organisms represents and lays the foundations for how we value the life of those we co-habit this world with. This session drew on science-fiction, ecological philosophy, auto-ethnographic research, sound, and videos, to explore how we might move towards more reciprocal and less extractive ways of engaging in multi-species relationships.

We set up an animals in science fiction reading and film club off the back of this workshop. Email crilsnetwork@rvc.ac.uk if you’d like to join.

This session was facilitated by Deniz Diler (PhD Candidate, University of Manchester),  Topo Mokokwane (PhD Candidate, University of Manchester), and Samar Nasrullah Khan (PhD Candidate, Meertens Institute, and independent artist) and chaired by Zip Walton (RVC).