Course Info: CSI-0148
| Course | CSI-0148 Thinking With Animals |
| Long Title | Thinking with Animals: An Introduction to Cultural Animal Studies |
| Term | 2024F |
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| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 104 on T,TH from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Nathalie Arnold |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Available | 0 |
| Waitlist | 3 |
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| Additional Info | Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | Across the world, humans have viewed animals as: ancestors,
teachers, friends, members of the family, meat, workers, pests,
and threats. Everywhere, the 'human' is defined in relation to
the 'animal.' Yet this relation is construed in diverse and
contradictory ways. Ideas about what it means to 'be (an) animal'
have long structured visions of belonging and otherness, as well
as violence, racism, and oppression. As nonhuman animals vanish
or recede from humananimal settlements, their images proliferate
around us. Drawing on cultural, legal, and gender studies,
multispecies ethnography, literature, and history, this seminar
looks at varied human relationships to animals, animals' diverse
roles in society, history, and the arts, and how ideas about
'animals' shape our sense of 'being human.' While we will write
and research regularly, major assignments include: a personal
essay, a report on a site observation, and a final reflexive
essay. Keywords: animals, animal studies, multispecies,
anthropology, ethnography. Keywords:Animals, Animal Studies, Anthropology, Ethnography, Multispecies |