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And even though the age of summer camp is far behind me, I still find myself thrown into grown-up versions of summer camp. Earlier this year, I joined up with Academia Film Olomouc (AFO Twitter, Facebook) in the Czech Republic to give a public talk on Canine Science. AFO could easily come with the byline: Summer Camp for Documentary Film People, Science Communicators and People Who Like Science. Check out a short video of the AFO festival highlights to see what I mean.
Last week, SPARCS fulfilled the intensity, rituals and togetherness of summer camp. This 3-day canine science conference (that I've mentioned here, here and here) was held in Newport, RI, where I co-hosted the event with my Do You Believe in Dog? colleague, Mia Cobb, and it was simultaneously broadcast world-wide for free to an international audience. I don't have the exact stats yet, but many thousands of people from around the world took in the 3-day canine science event that featured talks on Aggression and Conflict; Personality & temperament, and Science in Training.
The excitement and exuberance from the live audience in Newport was palatable, and we were not alone. As conference hosts, Mia and I interacted with the online audience via the hashtag #SPARCS2014 and found that people around the world were as into the event as those attending live. Which is to say, many many people around the world now have a better understanding of the distinction between personality and temperament, why breed-specific legislation is a crummy idea, and why dominance can be discussed in relation to dogs, but probably not in the way that you're using it.
I am being vague because I could effectively write a 600+ page book discussing the topics covered at #SPARCS2014, and our job at the conference was more mediator to the content than scribe of it.
Here's how you can access the info that was covered at #SPARCS2014:
SPARCS membership gives you access to all the videos produced at the event. For more details on when videos will be made available, follow the Society for the Promotion of Applied Research in Canine Science on Facebook and Twitter.
A number of people have already posted summaries from #SPARCS2014, and I will post links below as I hear about them:
Of course, wonderful images from the event in Newport, RI:
Lastly, people were wondering where Mia and my dog and wolf t-shirt came from (featured in the first picture), and you can find out about it here!
See you at #SPARCS2015!
Images: SPARCS, @CharlottEtholog
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