<p>Seminar, three hours. Exploration of intimate and changing relationship between human and non-human animals. Examination of how we conceptualize animals: as companions, food, workers, representatives of self, and more; rights—or lack thereof—of animals; our animal industries: factory farming, shelters and rescues, animal workers, entertainment, fighting, races, hunting, medical research, and more; boundaries between human and non-human animals; violence against animals, both individualized and institutionalized; animals as concept; and social construction the difference between human and non-human animals. Letter grading.</p>

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Between Species: Human/Non-Human Animal Relationship

HNRS 164

5 units