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.
Este curso forma parte de Programa especializado: Animals and Society
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Programa especializado: Animals and SocietyUniversidad de Colorado en BoulderAcerca de este Curso
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Prueba Coursera para negociosQué aprenderás
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
Habilidades que obtendrás
- Animal welfare
- Sociological concepts
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Prueba Coursera para negocios
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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Thinking with Animals
Close Relationships
The Dark Side
Wild(life) Encounters
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- 4 stars14,89 %
- 3 stars8,51 %
- 1 star1,06 %
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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.
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! :)
Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of very good information!!
very informative and highly reccomended for anyone in the field of human and animals dyad.
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