Intendierte Lernergebnisse
Students will learn about 'species' as a marker of difference alongside race, class and gender; they will also become familiar with the terms epistemic violence, othering, and the carnistic matrix.
Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools
Methods include lectures and student presentations, workshops, joint viewing and discussion of documentary material, joint discussion of assigned reading, and use of eLearning tools on Moodle.
Inhalt/e
Animals (other animals/non-human animals) are subject to epistemic violence through their definition as other and less than human in the western imagination. Their exploitation is based on anthropocentric and speciesist ideas, and occurs most notably in the global meat industry. Although billions of animals are subjected to extreme violence – and severe social injustice and environmental destruction are inherent in its production – meat consumption is constructed as a benign cultural practice in the carnistic matrix. The joint oppression of animals and humans in the meat industry and in other contexts shows that ‘species’ is closely connected to other markers of difference including race, class and gender. Considering species equally may facilitate un-doing epistemic violence through a better understanding of the oppression of other animals and how it ties in with oppressive hierarchies among humans.
Erwartete Vorkenntnisse
Students should have had academic writing instruction and should have experience in writing academic papers.Students should have acquired effective ways of dealing with reading assignments and of preparing for classroom participation and discussions.
Curriculare Anmeldevoraussetzungen
B.A. (612) students must have completed the module "Grundstudium Culture" (6.1 Topics in British Cultural Studies, 6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies, and 6.3 Specialized Topics in Culture).
Literatur
will be announced in the course and available on Moodle