Pachirat explores not only the slaughter industry but also how society facilitates violent labor as it hides away that which is found too repugnant to contemplate. Having spent more than five months undercover employed as a liver hanger, cattle driver, and quality control worker for Great Plains slaughterhouse, Dr. Pachirat talks about the routine killing of animals for human consumption from the perspective of those who take part in it. as he presents “Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight,” a discussion about the slaughter industry and how society actively turns a blind eye to what goes on behind closed doors at these facilities. Timothy Pachirat, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics at The New School for Social Research, to the Kulick Community Center in Ferndale on Thursday, November 21st at 7 p.m. FERNDALE - The Michigan Humane Society and the Animals and Society Institute will welcome Dr.
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