“What small child could resist sticking a twig down a burrow to unearth a field mouse, or picking up an injured bird for closer inspection?” (Melson) Is it? It is certain that in developing psychology, early children behavior is predominantly…
4/6
Question: What exactly is kinship? Does it entail equality among parties? If not, what is the power dynamic?
March 30th question
How the difference in between the word ‘animal’ and ‘animals’ differ from ‘human’ and ‘humans’ for Derrida?
3/9 question
Just wondering, what would Brigitte Fielder say about the film Black Panther?
Questions 3/2
Is Beautiful Joe about a dog or a human in disguise? Is it justifiable to use animal as vehicle of political propaganda? What is the ideal relationship between a pet and its owner that is not condescending and obedient but…
Questions, Feb 23th
If “we give animal stories to children and encourage them to be interested in animals because we see children as inferior, mentally “ primitive,” not yet fully humanized”( LeGuin, 22 ) that human believes animals are inferior; is having pet…
Keyword: Life
What do you have in mind if I ask you to picture a life with other beings, other lives? The anthropologist Eduardo Kohn invites us to envision a harmonious life within nature, not just with humans but with other forms…
Questions for Feb 9th
Would it be justified and acceptable if it was an Indian author who illustrates the bears as Indians instead of Scarry? Can white authors illustrate other races? The difference in race is not a species’ difference but rather variations of…