Performing Animal Rights

Embodying resistance: what Grotowski and Artaud offer animal activism

On training, presence, and the politics of truth in performance

Jan 31 • Dr Ben Hunt

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December 2025

Visibility, voice, and vision: Reflections on performance and animal advocacy

A look back at 2025, and a look ahead to what’s stirring in 2026

Dec 30, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Rehearsing resistance: What political theatre can offer animal advocacy

On Boal, Brecht, and the unfinished work of representing nonhuman struggle

Dec 2, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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October 2025

Have we lost the plot, or just the frame?

Reflections on boldness, narrative, and performance in a co-opted movement

Oct 30, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Performing collapse: Foxes, futures, and the power of storytelling

Reflections from York, narrative tensions, and the dramaturgy of the posthuman

Oct 8, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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September 2025

Beyond the human: presence, absence, and reflection after a summer of conferences.

From Warwick to Copenhagen, thinking through power, trauma, and interspecies performance

Sep 2, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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August 2025

Performing animals? Puppetry, speciesism, and the politics of representation

Reflections on ethics, spectacle, and Zooclasm in animal advocacy

Aug 3, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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July 2025

What moves us: imagery, emotion, and the art of persuasion in animal advocacy

Reflections from Edinburgh, messaging studies, and the role of creative tension

Jul 15, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

June 2025

Light, rupture, and creative kinship: from Cologne to Edinburgh

On solstices, zooclasm, and a powerful new podcast episode

Jun 25, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Creativity With a Cause

Art, Activism, and Vegan Feminism with Lauren-Marie Kennedy

Jun 25, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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The art of persuasion: animation, activism, and emotional truth

A conversation with Rob Pownall on 10 years of Protect the Wild and the power of reaching hearts through storytelling

Jun 7, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Animating Animal Rights

In this episode, Ben Hunt speaks with Rob Pownall, Founder and CEO of Protect the Wild, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the organisation's founding.

Jun 1, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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