Animal Welfare Education: Promoting a Critical and Creative Dialogue Between a Zoocentric and an Anthropocentric Relationship

Amélie Lipp (1) , Michel Vidal (1)

1 EFTS - Education, Formation, Travail, Savoirs

This essay positions the relationship between human and other-than-human animals as a central anchor point for animal welfare education in agricultural vocational training. This relationship is a potential source of tension between the intentions of production and the breeder's disposition to be touched and affected by these animals. The resonant experiences between humans and other-than-human animals, in the sense of Hartmut Rosa (2018a), are, in our opinion, a fruitful way to help future animal breeders to find other possible ways of relating to the world than those imposed by the acceleration and alienation that characterise the dominant animal husbandry systems in Europe. We explore and discuss the transformative potential of educational activities that promote critical, creative, ethical and embodied dialogue.

Mots clés: agricultural vocational school; animal welfare; education; embodied education; human-animal relationship

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Amélie Lipp, Michel Vidal. Animal Welfare Education: Promoting a Critical and Creative Dialogue Between a Zoocentric and an Anthropocentric Relationship. On Education. Journal for Research and Debate,, 2023, 6 (16), ⟨10.17899/on_ed.2023.16.6⟩. ⟨hal-04142026⟩