A group for those interested in all aspects of animal studies, from antiquity to the modern era.
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Martin Boehnert deposited “Other minds than ours” – A controversial discussion on the limits and possibilities of comparative psychology in the light of Lloyd Morgan’s work in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
C. Lloyd Morgan is mostly known for Morgan’s canon (1894), still a popular and frequently quoted principle in comparative psychology and ethology. There has been a fair amount of debate on the canon’s interpretation, function, and value regarding the research on animal minds, usually referring to it as an isolated principle. In this paper we…[Read more]
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Jonathan L. Clark deposited Labourers or Lab Tools? Rethinking the Role of Lab Animals in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
A discussion of whether it makes sense to say that “lab animals” are engaged in a form of labor.
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paul bali deposited animal research at DRDC Downsview – a hidden history in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
an overview of military research involving pigs, rats, and rabbits at DRDC Downsview [Toronto], from 2004 -2007.
appendix includes military docs secured thru an ATIP request by Animal Alliance Canada.
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paul bali deposited gender & Judaism: in three popular texts in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
gender & Judaism in A Serious Man [Coen Bros, 2009], An American Dream [Norman Mailer, 1965] and the Pericope Adulterae.
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Jeannette Vaught replied to the topic Animal Studies: Key Readings in the discussion
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
Hello Sara! I’m a fellow HC Summer Camper, a little behind on our second challenge. I’m glad to see a fellow animalista in the summer camp group! Are you subscribed to H-Animal? There’s a lot of excellent discussion there, as well as a wealth of posted syllabi and current books/articles. It would be great to help get better discussion goin…[Read more]
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Sara Santos started the topic Animal Studies: Key Readings in the discussion
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
Hello everyone!
HCommons novice here and so excited to join the conversation on animal and environmental studies! I’m currently developing my dissertation project, much of which deals with human/nonhuman relationships and environmental collapse in contemporary Global North/South fiction. One thing I’d be interested to know is what are three key…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Milieus und Akteure in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
Die Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. Im Mittelpunkt stehen bislang die Frage nach dem Geist der Tiere, das Problem des Tier-Mensch-Unterschiedes und die Themenfelder der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet und ergänzt es dur…[Read more]
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paul bali deposited an ad for devouring everything in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
carnism & consumerism; eco-apocalypse; product placement; copyright
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Materia Medica: Technology, Vaccination, and Antivivisection in Jazz Age Philadelphia in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months ago
During the 1920s, the Philadelphia-based American Antivivisection Society turned to racialized metaphors in its circulating periodical, the Starry Cross, to excoriate the expanding practice of vaccination. Since vaccines were then made from animal-derived serums, the involvement of antivivisectionists in antivaccine arguments is not surprising.…[Read more]
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Pageants, Po’ Boys, and Pork on a Stick: Documenting the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months ago
This photoessay documents the 82nd Annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, which took place in Morgan City, Louisiana over Labor Day weekend in 2018. It contains photographs of the festival, including images of pageant queens, food vendors, and the Blessing of the Fleet. The essay documents the authors’ experience of the festival, and c…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Die methodologische Signatur von Forschungsprogrammen in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
Die Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. In ihrem Mittelpunkt standen bislang Fragen nach dem Geist der Tiere, der Tier-Mensch-Unterschied oder Probleme der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet mit dem Ziel einer strukturierten Un…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Kulturelle und ethische Dimensionen methodischer Tier-Mensch-Interaktionen in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
Die Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. In ihrem Mittelpunkt standen bislang Fragen nach dem Geist der Tiere, der Tier-Mensch-Unterschied oder Probleme der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet mit dem Ziel einer strukturierten Un…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Riot Grrrl Primatology – Über Forscherinnen, Feminismus und feministische Wissenschaften in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
Draft Version des Beitrags: In dem vorliegenden Artikel möchten wir der Frage nach den Möglichkeiten eines weiblichen bzw. feministischen Zugangs zu wissenschaftlicher Forschung in verschiedenen Hinsichten beleuchten. Wir werden uns dem Thema exemplarisch anhand des Forschungsfeldes der Primatologie zuwenden, wobei die Antwort auf die Frage, w…[Read more]
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Jonathan L. Clark deposited People Watching: The Sociology of Erving Goffman in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Syllabus for an undergraduate course on Erving Goffman.
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Jonathan L. Clark deposited Animals & Society in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
A syllabus for an undergraduate animal studies course.
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Matthew Elliott Gillman deposited A Tale of Two Ivories: Elephant and Walrus in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
This essay offers a short story about long distance trade during the “global” middle ages. It emerges as a response to two seemingly unrelated puzzles: one, the role of walrus ivory in the Norse Atlantic economy; the other, the origins of a mysterious material known in Arabic sources as khutu. Although debated within distinct specializations, the…[Read more]
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paul bali deposited literature & rev notes for PHL923 in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
including readings of Joseph McElroy, Tolkien, Norman Rush, Sartre, and others
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paul bali deposited my illegal research on humans at Ryerson 2.0 in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
on vivisection at Ryerson University, and academic freedom
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paul bali deposited book review: A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
review of Andrew F. Smith, A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
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paul bali deposited vocab appendix b logos and its footnotes in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
on systems intelligence, foundations of math, and else
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