Spring 2024 Anthropology GR5115 section 001

Political Human-Animal Studies

Political Human-Animal St

Call Number 11059
Day & Time
Location
T 2:10pm-4:00pm
951 EXT Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Brian Boyd
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

In a number of academic disciplines the concern with relationships between humans and non-humans has recently resulted in a radical revision of the ways in which we think people and animals construct their social worlds. This course addresses how humans and animals enter into, and interact within, each other's worlds. It draws upon perspectives from anthropology, geography, (political) philosophy, ethics, literary theory, and the sciences, placing current debates within the context of the deep history of human-animal relations. Topics to be discussed include "wildness", domestication, classification, animal rights, biotechnology, "nature/culture", food/cooking, fabulous/mythical animals, the portrayal of animals in popular culture, and human-animal sexualities.

Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology
Enrollment 11 students (18 max) as of 4:06PM Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Subject Anthropology
Number GR5115
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20241ANTH5115G001