This course explores how animals and people are situated within the web of structures and connections known as “society.” Module 1 considers some of the key symbolic roles that animals play in society by investigating the practice of “thinking with animals.” We investigate how people construct different meanings of animals and the implications these meanings have for both animals and humans. You will gain first-hand experience of this by analyzing how animals are represented in the media. Modules 2 and 3 investigate human-animal relationships, including those that involve suffering as well as those that are beneficial. Although many people describe their pets as friends or family members, Module 2 takes a deeper dive into what constitutes friendship and family membership where other species are concerned. Module 3 examines the dark side of these relationships, focusing on animal abuse and its relationship to domestic violence. Module 4 focuses on people’s encounters with those animals outside the boundaries of the home and the farm. The way people understand and regard the species commonly considered “wild” shapes the treatment and moral status of these animals.
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Spécialisation Animals and SocietyUniversité du Colorado à BoulderÀ propos de ce cours
Ce que vous allez apprendre
Demonstrate knowledge of how animals serve as symbols and metaphors in the media
Summarize the practices and interactions that allow for human-animal relationships
Identify the major factors that lead to animal abuse
Represent instances of human-wildlife conflict
Compétences que vous acquerrez
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Université du Colorado à Boulder
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Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Thinking with Animals
In this module, you will gain an understanding of how we socially construct animals.
Close Relationships
In this module, you will examine the interaction between humans and the animals we consider pets.
The Dark Side
In this module, you will investigate the process of defining animal abuse and its relationship with other aspects of society.
Wild(life) Encounters
In this module, you will explore key questions about the interactions between humans and wild animals.
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A really great course, easy to follow lectures and great information! I had a really fun time with it, and the peer graded assignment really solidified what I had learnt. I definitely recommend! :)
Awesome course! Learned a lot. Very interesting and easy to learn from. Educational. I am studying to be a vet tech and this will be a valuable course on my resume.
very informative and highly reccomended for anyone in the field of human and animals dyad.
Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of very good information!!
À propos du Spécialisation Animals and Society
Animals matter for human existence in so many ways that it is difficult to imagine the entity we call “society” without them. They figure heavily in our language, food, clothing, family structure, economy, education, entertainment, science, recreation, and other areas of social life. In this specialization, we will investigate a range of topics, many of them controversial. Although this is a sociology course, the field of human-animal studies is interdisciplinary. Many of the suggested readings come from fields outside of sociology, but this specialization emphasizes their sociological relevance throughout each course.
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