BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Zombie leopards\, voodoo science and post-truth challenges to cons
 ervation - Martin Walsh\, Wolfson College
DTSTART:20191015T120000Z
DTEND:20191015T130000Z
UID:TALK127690@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Peadar Brehony
DESCRIPTION:Extinction denial may be a relatively new phrase\, but it isn
 ’t a new phenomenon\, nor one that is necessarily linked to the denial o
 f climate change and other anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity. In this 
 talk\, I will discuss some of its causes and consequences in the extraordi
 nary case of the Zanzibar leopard\, which was driven to extinction because
  of its associations with witchcraft\, but has refused to die\, not least 
 in the imagination of its former persecutors. While the reasons for scient
 ific caution and popular belief are relatively easy to comprehend\, the ac
 tions of hoaxers and fakers are harder to excuse\, especially when their m
 otivations are purely mercenary and their effects so pernicious. How shoul
 d we respond to lies and fraud in our midst\, not only in the context of w
 ider battles over misinformation and disinformation in the contemporary wo
 rld\, but when they directly affect our research and the relationships it 
 is built upon?
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101 (first floor)\, Downing Site\, Cambridge
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR