Re: Fwd: New Haven's Chicken Conference

[Guest guest]

> Subject: New Haven's Chicken Conference

>

> > May 17-18

> > Conference - Co-sponsored by ISPS and its

> Bioethics Project

> > " The Chicken: Its Biological, Social, Industrial,

> and Cultural

> > History "

> > Sage Bowers Hall, 205 Prospect Street

> > School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

> > Organizers: C. , Political Science and

> Anthropology,

> > Yale

> > University; -Anne Rebhun, Depatment of

> Anthropology, Yale

>

> > University; Summers, Senior Fellow, Fox

> Leadership

> Center,

> > University of Pennsylvania; and Sylvia Tesh,

> School of

> Forestry and

> >

> > Environmental Studies, Yale University (Full

> schedule of

> events is

> >

> > located at

> <www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/chicken.)

> >

> > More Information: Our goal is to provide a deep

> and innovative

>

> > natural and cultural history of the chicken

> (Gallus gallus).

> From

> > the

> > jungle fowl in Southeast Asia 7,000 years ago, to

> a living

> presence

> >

> > in barnyards around the world, chickens have

> become the front

> line

> > of

> > an increasingly industrialized agriculture. We

> hope that

> careful

> > study of the chicken will serve as a privileged

> window on the

> > transformations of agriculture, cuisine, health,

> biodiversity,

> and

> > labor associated with its domestication,

> production, and

> > consumption.

> >

> > Arguably the most engineered of all domestic

> animals, the

> chicken's

> >

> > breast, legs, eggs, wings, feathers, and fighting

> abilities

> have

> > been

> > the subject of centuries of breeding and research.

> In the past

> it

> > has

> > been the focus of efforts to diversify household

> production,

> > agricultural economies and urban diets. Today

> Chicken

> McNuggets are

> > a

> > living symbol of verticalized industries, mass

> production and

> > global

> > markets. This effort will bring together

> participants who have

>

> > studied the economic, social, health, and

> ecological

> consequences

> > of

> > poultry rearing and the poultry industry- past and

> present.

> >

> > At this conference we hope to bring together

> scholars,

> agronomists,

> >

> > public intellectuals, chicken growers, workers,

> industry

> > representatives and activists from the labor,

> farm, animal

> welfare,

> >

> > environmental, and public health movements, whose

> work has

> helped

> > to

> > define and to change what we know about chickens

> and their

> > production

> > and consumption. We hope that this conference

> will result not

> only

> >

> > in a substantial volume of scholarly papers, but

> also in the

> > development of new relationships, perhaps even of

> new and

> renewed

> > coalitions and organizing efforts. In honor of the

> fowl whose

> > history

> > we are considering, we are also planning a small

> film

> festival,

> > literary events, poetry readings, an exhibition of

> breeds,

> and, of

> > course, cuisine prepared by cooks who love

> chickens and the

> many

> > alternatives to eating them.

> >

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[Guest guest]

> Hahahahahaha, this is *hysterical*!!! A chicken conference!!!

>

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> Ramit

>

> >

>

> Ramit: I wanted to laugh too, when I noticed Yale was associated

with it. I don't know why, I've never been there. Maybe they'll deduce

how to find free-range chichens' eggs. Dennis

> _

[Guest guest]

> Hahahahahaha, this is *hysterical*!!! A chicken conference!!!

>

> What interesting kooky people do you think will go?

Now you're hurting my feelings. I love my chickens. And I'm not the

only one on this list who feels that way about their food-producing

animals. I thought this conference sounded really interesting. The

exhibition alone is probably worth the price of admission, if you've

never seen the variety of chickens that are out there. Though I'd

skip the (probably soy-based) meal...

Lierre