SS-469 The Human-Animal Relationship

3 Credits

• SS-469-01

  Friday

  2:00 pm – 4:50 pm

  North Hall, 112

  • Ciclon Olivares

To what extent does "the animal" challenge central assumptions about what it means to be human? This course probes how the modern condition enables the alienation of humans from humans and from nonhuman animal beings. We use ethnographic methods to examine the human-animal relationship in practice, addressing the treatment of animals as pets, for food and entertainment, and in commerce and science. How do these practices shape human-animal futures, knowing many creatures face extinction today?