University of Colorado Boulder - Animals, Self, and Society
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Duration | 5 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
Animals, Self, and Society
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- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 1 of 3 in the Animals and Society Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 5 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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- 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.
Animals, Self, and Society at Coursera Curriculum
Animals, Self, and Society
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Thinking with Animals
Course Introduction Video
How and Why We Think with Animals
The Sociozoologic Scale
Animals and Social Problems
Animals and Racialization
Animals and Cultural Representation
How Pig Parts Make the World Turn
Animals as Social Constructions Quiz
Close Relationships
Pets and the Human-Animal Bond
?Doing? Gender with Pets
Pets as Friends and Family
The Dark Side
Considering Animal Abuse
?The Link:? Connections Between Animal Abuse and Other Forms of Violence
Entangled Victimization
Animal Abuse and Society Quiz
Wild(life) Encounters
Living with Wildlife
Wildlife Tourism
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Human-Insect Interaction
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