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EU/ENVS 3150: Human Animal Studies
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This course explores the emergent field of animal studies, considering a diverse range of human relationships to other animals. The foundation of the course is a contemporary, post-Cartesian vision of animals, with an emphasis on the relational knowledge that is made about, and between humans and other animals from a cultural and environmental studies perspective.
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The course enables students to develop a creative and rigorous engagement with some of the complex dimensions of such issues as:
- the historical and philosophical scope of animal studies
- animal agency, sociality, and consciousness
- animal representations in literature, the arts, and popular culture
- animal advocacy, social movements, and humane education
- animal questions in science and technology
Prerequisite
Third-year or fourth-year standing or by permission of the instructor.
Previously Titled
Human/Non-Human Animal Relations.
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Environmental Arts & Justice
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