Introduction to Animal Studies - ASGV00750E

• Title: Introduction to Animal Studies
• Guaranteed by: International Office (21-ZO)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: ASGV00879
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: PhDr. Tereza Vandrovcová, Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 14.2 Sociology; Exchange - 14.4 Psychology and Behav. Sciences

Annotation

THIS IS A VERSION FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS! If you are a Charles University student, you need to enroll to ASGV00879 parallel.

This course will explore the complex relationship between humans and nonhuman animals in a variety of contexts. This includes human relationships with pets, concern for animal rights and animal welfare, issues related to social and ecological justice, ideology of carnism and veganism, the link between cruelty to animals and violence toward humans, animals as experimental objects, zoos and circuses etc.

Last update: Vandrovcová Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (19.02.2024)

Syllabus

INTRO TO ANIMAL STUDIES
KÓD(Y): ASGV00879, ASGV00750E (Erasmus)
SEMESTR/ROK: LS 24
VYUČUJÍCÍ: PhDr. Tereza Vandrovcová, Ph.D.
DEN a ČAS VÝUKY:
St/We 14:10-15:40
EMAIL: [e-mail]
ROOM: 1.09 (address: Celetná 13)
FORMA ATESTACE: Z/Zk (jen Erasmus)

NEW: On Wednesday, May 7, we will have a field trip to the Animal Sanctuary and Community Garden, which will also include some volunteer work. If you would like to participate, I recommend wearing appropriate footwear that you don’t mind getting muddy (or even worse! :). Participation in this trip is voluntary, and not attending will not be counted as an absence. If you want to participate, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/MzScJiVgGCPzjfh9A

Anotace kurzu:
Tento kurz se bude zabývat mnohovrstevným vztahem mezi lidmi a mimolidskými zvířaty v různých kontextech. Mezi probíranými tématy jsou lidské vztahy s domácími zvířaty, zájem o práva zvířat a jejich pohodu, problémy související se sociální a ekologickou spravedlností, ideologie karnismu a veganství, souvislost mezi krutostí vůči zvířatům a násilím vůči lidem, zvířata jako experimentální objekty, zoo a cirkusy atd.

Anotace v anglickém jazyce:
This course will explore the complex relationship between humans and nonhuman animals in a variety of contexts. This includes human relationships with pets, concern for animal rights and animal welfare, issues related to social and ecological justice, ideology of carnism and veganism, the link between cruelty to animals and violence toward humans, animals as experimental objects, zoos and circuses etc.

Students can choose arbitrary combination of following tasks. It is necessary to gain 6 points.
• annotation (1800 characters) 1 point (due: sundays, 8pm)
• field task (observation/reflection) 1 point
• field trip with volunteering 1 point
• essay regarding animals in human society (4000-6000 char.) 2 points
• regular attendance (no more than 3 missed classes) 3 points
• conducting of a qualitative "micro" research about carnism (will be specified on 20th March) 3 points
E-mail: [e-mail]
Plese do not send files bigger than 1 MB - use google disc etc. (my gmail account is [e-mail])

Struktura předmětu:
Introduction
Animal Subjectivity
Ethics
History of Eating Animals + Environmental Issues
Psychology of Eating Animals
Animal Companions
Animals as Experimental Objects
Zoos and Circuses
Wild Animals: Hunting and Conservation
Deviance and Animals
Animals and Religions
Animal Rights Activism

Literatura:
Acampora, R. 2005. Zoos and Eyes: Contesting Captivity and Seeking Successor Practices. Society and Animals 13 (1), pp. 69-88.
Ascione. F. R. 1998. Battered women's reports of their partners' and their children's cruelty to animals. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 1, pp. 119-133.
Bekoff, M. 2002. The Importance of Ethics in Conservation Biology. Let's Be Ethicists not Ostriches. Endangered species update, 19(2), 23-26.
Blouin, D. D. 2012. Understanding Relations between People and their Pets. Sociology Compass, 6 (11), pp. 858 – 863.
Cassels, M. T. (et al.) 2017. One of the family? Measuring young adolescents' relationships with pets and siblings. JADP 49, pp. 12-20.
Herzog, H. 1993. ‚The Movement Is My Life‘: The Psychology of Animal Rights Activism. Journal of Social Issues, 49 (1), pp. 103-119.
Joy, M. 2009. To Love or to Eat? (Chapter 1) in Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows An Introduction to Carnism, San Francisco: Conari Press, pp. 11-21.
Phillips, M. T. 1993. Savages, drunks, and lab animals: The researcher's perception of pain. Society and Animals 1 (1), pp. 61-81
Preece, R. and Fraser, D. 2000. The Status of Animals in Biblical and Christian Thought: A Study in Colliding Values. Society and Animals 8 (3), pp. 245-263.
Singer, P. 1975. All Animals Are Equal (Chapter 1) in Singer, P., Animal Liberation. New York Review/Random House, pp. 1-24.
Twine, R. 2020. Where Are the Nonhuman Animals in the Sociology of Climate Change?, Society & Animals, 31(1), 105-130. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-BJA10025

Metody výuky:
The course consists of lectures interspersed with discussions. Students' independent work primarily involves reading recommended articles or chapters in books, writing short annotations or essays, and fieldwork.

Last update: Vandrovcová Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.02.2025)