Zoei Sutton
@zoei.bsky.social
Vegan sociologist🌿, lecturer @ Flinders University, co-founder International Association of Vegan Sociologists, obsessed with 🦕 animatronic dinosaurs 🦖 and reminding folks pets are part of animal liberation 🐶🐱🐥🐷
And that's a wrap on #IAVS2025! Thanks to presenters, participants & our fabulous committee for making this such a wonderful weekend. Interested in finding out more about us? Find us here for more info or to find out about the 2026 committee positions currently open for EOIs www.vegansociology.com
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October 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And that's a wrap on #IAVS2025! Thanks to presenters, participants & our fabulous committee for making this such a wonderful weekend. Interested in finding out more about us? Find us here for more info or to find out about the 2026 committee positions currently open for EOIs www.vegansociology.com
Final paper of #IAVS2025! Federica Amici shares a great paper on justifying meat consumption across development and cultural communities
October 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Final paper of #IAVS2025! Federica Amici shares a great paper on justifying meat consumption across development and cultural communities
Vasile Stǎnescue provides a shocking account of bloodthirsty violence in "humane" meat texts #2025
October 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Vasile Stǎnescue provides a shocking account of bloodthirsty violence in "humane" meat texts #2025
Incredible work by Faltmann, navigating the heartbreaking terrain of building up relationships with animals through ethnographic research while knowing they are soon to be killed #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Incredible work by Faltmann, navigating the heartbreaking terrain of building up relationships with animals through ethnographic research while knowing they are soon to be killed #IAVS2025
Last session of the conference! Kicking off with Nora Katharina Faltmann discussing emotional 'boundary labour' - relations between humans and 'animals-as-good' #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last session of the conference! Kicking off with Nora Katharina Faltmann discussing emotional 'boundary labour' - relations between humans and 'animals-as-good' #IAVS2025
We're past midnight Australia time, aka the time when I start trying to calculate the correct number of sour patch kids to keep me awake long enough for the conference but not so long that I never sleep again #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We're past midnight Australia time, aka the time when I start trying to calculate the correct number of sour patch kids to keep me awake long enough for the conference but not so long that I never sleep again #IAVS2025
Federica Peluso and Giulia Regoli explore the governance and marginalisation of psychiatrised human and non-human animals. Denial of agency and bodily control seem to be points of commonality #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Federica Peluso and Giulia Regoli explore the governance and marginalisation of psychiatrised human and non-human animals. Denial of agency and bodily control seem to be points of commonality #IAVS2025
Is the use of Graphic imagery an effective street activism technique? Niamh Nelson-Owens takes us through a useful conceptual framework for figuring out #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Is the use of Graphic imagery an effective street activism technique? Niamh Nelson-Owens takes us through a useful conceptual framework for figuring out #IAVS2025
Giorgia Pagliuca talks us through a fascinating oral history project with sanctuary founders, workers and volunteers - participants acknowledge the limits of freedom while reclaiming dignity for nonhuman animals co-living in sanctuaries #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Giorgia Pagliuca talks us through a fascinating oral history project with sanctuary founders, workers and volunteers - participants acknowledge the limits of freedom while reclaiming dignity for nonhuman animals co-living in sanctuaries #IAVS2025
For those invested in the bakeoff tension, @katestew.art has produced some spectacular bagels, I have humbly added yet another cookbook to my book hoard in hopes the results are 100% recipe and do not rely on talent... #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For those invested in the bakeoff tension, @katestew.art has produced some spectacular bagels, I have humbly added yet another cookbook to my book hoard in hopes the results are 100% recipe and do not rely on talent... #IAVS2025
We have a historian in the house! Who we will be claiming as an honorary sociologist because Sydney Newell's reflections on rats and redemption in early Bermuda (with some bonus rat histories thrown in in question time) were excellent! #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have a historian in the house! Who we will be claiming as an honorary sociologist because Sydney Newell's reflections on rats and redemption in early Bermuda (with some bonus rat histories thrown in in question time) were excellent! #IAVS2025
The biscuit situation has escalated - we now have a vegan sociology bakeoff. Brownies have been presented, bagels are boiling, shall we make this an official feature of future conferences? #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The biscuit situation has escalated - we now have a vegan sociology bakeoff. Brownies have been presented, bagels are boiling, shall we make this an official feature of future conferences? #IAVS2025
Next up is a panel on Emotions in Australian Human-Animal Relations. Davita Coronel, Alex Hill and I talk about how the social construction of emotions shapes our relations with flying foxes, insects and animal companions #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Next up is a panel on Emotions in Australian Human-Animal Relations. Davita Coronel, Alex Hill and I talk about how the social construction of emotions shapes our relations with flying foxes, insects and animal companions #IAVS2025
Olatz Aranceta brings new insights from the COMPASS project (I love this project!). How do pressure groups hinder the work of compassion groups working for nonhuman animals in Spain? In quite a lot of ways, but hopefully learning about them will help us to work around them #IAVS2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Olatz Aranceta brings new insights from the COMPASS project (I love this project!). How do pressure groups hinder the work of compassion groups working for nonhuman animals in Spain? In quite a lot of ways, but hopefully learning about them will help us to work around them #IAVS2025
Sure am! Looking forward to our cooking demo tomorrow 😉
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sure am! Looking forward to our cooking demo tomorrow 😉
And that's a wrap on day 1! Still time to join us tomorrow - see www.vegansociology.com for more info
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October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And that's a wrap on day 1! Still time to join us tomorrow - see www.vegansociology.com for more info
Michael Briscoe shares fascinating data on large language models and animal issues - how does AI feel about going vegan? surprisingly positive! #IAVS2025
October 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Michael Briscoe shares fascinating data on large language models and animal issues - how does AI feel about going vegan? surprisingly positive! #IAVS2025
Łucja Lange presents vegan sociological perspectives on grief and moral injury - grief circles for vegans destabilise anthropocentrism and foster recognition of interspecies solidarity #IAVS2025
October 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Łucja Lange presents vegan sociological perspectives on grief and moral injury - grief circles for vegans destabilise anthropocentrism and foster recognition of interspecies solidarity #IAVS2025
Final session of day 1! Dalia Zein delivers an important and timely overview of intersectional veganism in the post-2019 Lebanese political landscape #IAVS2025
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Final session of day 1! Dalia Zein delivers an important and timely overview of intersectional veganism in the post-2019 Lebanese political landscape #IAVS2025