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EVAT
In 2022 & 2023, I co-produced the Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism Conference with Jes Hooper of The Civet Project. EVAT is an international forum that brings together early career researchers, artists, activists, and professionals from less represented demographics, and those from a wide span of academic and creative fields. It is an inclusive platform to discuss the many ways that tourism impacts animal lives around the world.
For more information on EVAT go to: www.animalsintourism.com/​
EVAT Information
The Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism (EVAT) conference is an interdisciplinary collaboration merging research from anthrozoological and multi-species scholarship, with critical tourism studies and animal ethics to bring together researchers across disciplines with an interest in advocating for animals in touristic contexts.
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Through scholarly research, collective problem solving, and ethical enquiry, we strengthen the bridge between "tourism academia" and "non-tourism academia". Specifically, we highlight fresh perspectives, emerging methodologies and innovative collaborative praxis to explore the role of animals in tourism whilst critically working towards more ethical human-animal interactions within the tourism and leisure space.