FSS:ENSb1283 Introduction to Animal Studies - Course Information
ENSb1283 Introduction to Animal Studies
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Tereza Vandrovcová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Tereza Vandrovcová, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 2. 10. 16:00–19:40 U33, Wed 16. 10. 16:00–19:40 U33, Wed 30. 10. 16:00–19:40 U33, Wed 13. 11. 16:00–19:40 U33, Wed 27. 11. 16:00–19:40 U33, Wed 11. 12. 16:00–19:40 U33
- Prerequisites
- ! ENS283 Introduction to Animal Studies &&!NOW( ENS283 Introduction to Animal Studies )&&TYP_STUDIA(B)
ability to understand scholarly text in english - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 23/25, only registered: 3/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-ENV) (5)
- Course objectives
- Animal Studies is relatively new, but dynamically developing field within social science which explore various relationships among humans and other animals. These relationships are perceived from the perspecitve of social sciences. It means that it is not about studying animals per se (like in biology or ethology, even though AS uses its findings) but it is about studying of animals' status in society, interspecies interactions, their changes within the history, influence of animals on human behavior and lot of other topics, which are related to the relationship of humans and other animals. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand Animal Studies as an interdisciplinary field within social sciences. They will understand the social construction of nonhuman animals and will reflect this process by themselves in other areas. Students will be able to discuss ethical approaches toward nonhumans' social status and reflect critically upon their own biases stemming forom the cultural patterns.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- understand Animal Studies as an interdisciplinary field within social sciences
- uncover the social construction of nonhuman animals' status in human society
- be aware of the basic ethical approaches towards nonhumans
- reflect critically upon their own notions and biases stemming from the cultural patterns
- understand the psychology of interspecies coexistence - Syllabus
- 1) Introduction to Animal Studies
- 2) Animal Subjectivity - excursion into ethology
- 3) Ethic
- 4) Animal as a food + setting of qualitative interview
- 5) History
- 6) Animal as an scientific object
- 7) Pets and Animal Assisted Therapy
- 8) Deviation - connection with interpersonal violence
- 9) Religion
- 10) Wild animals - protection, hunting, zoos and circuses
- Literature
- recommended literature
- SINGER, Peter. Osvobození zvířat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Práh, 2001, 259 s. ISBN 8072520423. info
- Phillips, M. T. 1993. Savages, drunks, and lab animals: The researcher's perception of pain. Society and Animals 1 (1), pp. 61-81
- Blouin, D. D. 2012. Understanding Relations between People and their Pets. Sociology Compass, 6 (11), pp. 858 - 863
- Joy, M. 2009. To Love or to Eat? (Chapter 1) in Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows An Introduction to Carnism, San Francisco: Conari Press, pp. 11-21.
- not specified
- Mullin, M. H. 1999. Mirrors and Windows: Sociocultural Studies of Human-animal Relationships. Annual Review of Anthropology, 28, pp. 201-224.
- Shaw, D. G. 2013. The Torturer's Horse: Agency and Animals in History. History and Theory 52, pp.146-167
- Abeyesinghe, S.M. (et al) 2005. Can domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus, show self-control? Animal Behaviour 70 (1), pp.1-11
- Ascione. F. R. 1998. Battered women's reports of their partners' and their children's cruelty to animals. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 1, pp. 119-133.
- Preece, R. and Fraser, D. 2000. The Status of Animals in Biblical and Christian Thought: A Study in Colliding Values. Society and Animals 8 (3), pp. 245-263.
- Berger, John 1980: Why look at animals? pp. 12-37.
- Teaching methods
- This course will be a combination of lecture and seminar and it expects active participation of students. Homework will involve English resources therefore it is important to read in English to complete these tasks.
- Assessment methods
- Students can choose arbitrary combination of following tasks. It is necessary to gain 6 points.
• annotation (1800 characters) 1 point
• field task (observation/reflection) 1 point
• essay regarding animals in human society (4000-6000 char.) 2 points
• regular attendance (min 70 %) and active involving in discussions 3 points
• conducting of a qualitative interview about carnism (will be specified) 3 points - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- http://humanimal.cz/sylabus
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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