CHID 488 A: Encountering Animals: Ethics, Culture, and Politics

ENCOUNTERING ANIMALS - ETHICS, CULTURE, AND POLITICS ___ THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO ENGAGE ANIMALS, PLANTS, WATER, ROCKS, AND THE BROADER MORE-THAN- HUMAN-WORLD AS AGENTIVE, ANIMATE, AND ENTANGLED WITH HUMAN LIFEWORLDS. USING FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS FROM INDIGENOUS EPISTEMOLOGIES, CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES, MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHY, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, AND DRAWING ON A VARIETY OF LITERARY, VISUAL, AND ORAL TEXTS, WE WILL EXPLORE THE HUMAN AND MORE- THAN-HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF RACIAL FORMATIONS, SETTLER COLONIALISM, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM, CAPTIVITY, WAR, AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.