Social Systems and Non-Human Animals

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The Multispecies Collective Dialogue Series is our series of events that shines a spotlight on non-members’ research or practice toward multispecies flourishing. In this dialogue, Professor De Azevedo shares details of his research project which aims to observe the socio-legal conditions underpinning the formation of Animal Law, with a particular focus on the Brazilian legal context. To this end, the study examines the positivity of law as a process established by organisations (decision-making), analysing the actions of social movements linked to the animal cause and seeking to identify how these animalist movements, by problematising processes of inclusion/exclusion of non-human animals within social systems, ultimately make visible the cultural tensions of society. The research seeks to understand how organisational systems (such as the State, corporations, scientific committees, and religious organisations) respond to the protest strategies of NGOs and other institutions dedicated to animal protection, with particular attention to the role…