Why do we butcher animals the way we do? Why do we eat some animals and not others? When did we start associating meat with cultural traditions? Find out at Ars Technica Live on April 20 in Oakland, California. (credit: Proletariat Butchery)
We're excited to announce our first episode of Ars Technica Live, a monthly interview series with fascinating people who work at the intersections of tech, science, and culture. Join us tomorrow in Oakland, California--that's Wednesday, April 20--from 7 to 9pm, for a discussion with anthropologist Krish Seetah about the complicated history of meat-eating and animal butchery.
Filmed before a live audience in Oakland tiki bar Longitude (347 14th St., Oakland, California), each episode of Ars Technica Live is a speculative, informal conversation between your fine hosts Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar and an invited guest. The audience—that would be YOU—is also invited to join the conversation and ask questions. These aren’t soundbyte setups; they are deepcuts from the frontiers of research and creativity.
April’s event is about the scientific study of meat-eating, from the first archaeological traces of humans hunting other animals, to our contemporary obsession with locally sourced meat and paleo diets. Guest Krish Seetah is a Stanford anthropologist and former butcher who is working on a book about the history of meat.
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