Killing

This is a note about the industrial animal complex, the war on animal and the complicity of architectural design.

For example in the design of slaughterhouses.

Cf. the essay by Alex in Design Futures 2021.

McLoughlin, Eimear. “Knowing Cows: Transformative Mobilizations of Human and Non‐Human Bodies in an Emotionography of the Slaughterhouse.” Gender, Work & Organization 26, no. 3 (2019): 322–42. https://doi.org/10/gkq5xj.

On the ethics vs welfare tension, see:

Fraser, David. “Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare Science: Bridging the Two Cultures.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science 65, no. 3 (1999): 171–89. https://doi.org/10/bhr8qc.

Slaughterhouse

On the design of those

Jerolmack, Colin. “The Slaughterhouse: A Hall of Mirrors.” Society & Animals 24, no. 2 (2016): 201–4. https://doi.org/10/gkq5xk.

Animals Humans Kill

Marino, Lori, and Kristin Allen. “The Psychology of Cows.” Animal Behavior and Cognition 4, no. 4 (2017): 474–98. https://doi.org/10/gjnkdc.


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