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Vem har format din åsikt om djurförsök? En kritisk diskursanalys av djurförsöket vid Göteborgs universitet

Romu, Kalindi LU (2019) STVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
During the first quarter of the year of 2019 a non-profit organization, Djurrättsalliansen, exposed Gothenburg University of researching on Labradors. Six dogs were subjects in a study of dental implants with a new type of experimental surface modification. Though experimentations on dogs have been done frequently since 1996, and at least 200 dogs have been used, this case of animal testing created a public outcry.
Djurrättalliansen used social media to reveal the case and to create a political agenda. A petition was created and over 84 000 signatures were handed to Gotherburg University to stop the animal testing and to re-home the dogs. The university chose to continue their research and the dogs have been euthanized.
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During the first quarter of the year of 2019 a non-profit organization, Djurrättsalliansen, exposed Gothenburg University of researching on Labradors. Six dogs were subjects in a study of dental implants with a new type of experimental surface modification. Though experimentations on dogs have been done frequently since 1996, and at least 200 dogs have been used, this case of animal testing created a public outcry.
Djurrättalliansen used social media to reveal the case and to create a political agenda. A petition was created and over 84 000 signatures were handed to Gotherburg University to stop the animal testing and to re-home the dogs. The university chose to continue their research and the dogs have been euthanized.
The essay intends to investigate animal testing as a discourse and the result was that four different perspectives could be applied on the matter: the scientists, former scientist without moral arguments, former veterinarian with moral arguments and the animal rights point of view.
Djurrättsalliansen influenced the public, celebrities and professionals both nationally and internationally and the question answered in the essay is how Djurrättsalliansen created a political opinion for the dogs. (Less)
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author
Romu, Kalindi LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20191
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Animal testing, anthropocentrism, critical discourse theory, Djurrättsalliansen, Gothenburg university, non-human animals, non-profit organization
language
Swedish
id
8975874
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:57:59
date last changed
2019-09-06 09:57:59
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  abstract     = {{During the first quarter of the year of 2019 a non-profit organization, Djurrättsalliansen, exposed Gothenburg University of researching on Labradors. Six dogs were subjects in a study of dental implants with a new type of experimental surface modification. Though experimentations on dogs have been done frequently since 1996, and at least 200 dogs have been used, this case of animal testing created a public outcry.
Djurrättalliansen used social media to reveal the case and to create a political agenda. A petition was created and over 84 000 signatures were handed to Gotherburg University to stop the animal testing and to re-home the dogs. The university chose to continue their research and the dogs have been euthanized.
The essay intends to investigate animal testing as a discourse and the result was that four different perspectives could be applied on the matter: the scientists, former scientist without moral arguments, former veterinarian with moral arguments and the animal rights point of view.
Djurrättsalliansen influenced the public, celebrities and professionals both nationally and internationally and the question answered in the essay is how Djurrättsalliansen created a political opinion for the dogs.}},
  author       = {{Romu, Kalindi}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vem har format din åsikt om djurförsök? En kritisk diskursanalys av djurförsöket vid Göteborgs universitet}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}