Visual Cultures of Animal Research

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Engagement Activities

This engagement activity invites people to draw a label which could be used to denote the role of animal research in the production of medicines.

Are research animals an invisible workforce within a city?

Publications

Part of the Animal Research Nexus programme involves exploring the changing relationships between people affected by different health conditions and animal research. This chapter explores how ‘patient voices’ are represented around animal research.

Blog entry

Written by: Emma Roe

At the closing ‘Researching Animal Research’ conference, we were delighted to bring together a set of diverse speakers to discuss perspectives on using creative methods for thinking about animal research.

Written by: Reuben Message

In our work on the cultures of care and communication in animal research, we often asked ourselves the question: why are fish not the ‘poster critters’ of animal research? 

Written by: Dmitriy Myelnikov

Talking about the history of animal research can be tricky: the subject remains divisive, and using images poses further challenges.

Written by: Gail Davies

Plans to restart research in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing extraordinary attention to the intimate arrangements of indoor space.

Written by: Bentley Crudgington, Gail Davies

Vector is an interactive experience, which uses elements of performance, game, and integrated technology to open up dialogue about the ethical dilemmas of using animals as part of medical research.

Written by: Sara Peres

I visited the Craft and Graft exhibition at the Crick Institute before it closure in early February 2020.

Written by: Bentley Crudgington

When you build a world you have the luxury (and burden) of designing everything within it.

Written by: Dmitriy Myelnikov

Animal research is fraught with controversy, and dramatic debates around the use of animals in biomedical sciences keep flaring up.