PubData Leuphana Repository: Multispecies Futures: New Approaches to Teaching Human-Animal Studies

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Resource type	Book
Title(s)	Multispecies Futures: New Approaches to Teaching Human-Animal Studies
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1057
Handle	20.500.14123/1112
Editor	Hübner, Andreas 0000-0002-3885-4429 138786216 Edlich, Micha Gerrit Philipp 0000-0001-8028-9008 Moss, Maria 1051421713
Abstract	Beyond Anthropocentric Perspectives on Education In light of the dramatic growth and rapid institutionalization of human-animal studies in recent years, it is somewhat surprising that only a small number of publications have proposed practical and theoretical approaches to teaching in this inter- and transdisciplinary field. Featuring eleven original pedagogical interventions from the social sciences and the humanities as well as an epilogue from ecofeminist critic Greta Gaard, the present volume addresses this gap and responds to the demand by both educators and students for pedagogies appropriate for dealing with environmental crises. The theoretical and practical contributions collected here describe new ways of teaching human-animal studies in different educational settings and institutional contexts, suggesting how learners – equipped with key concepts such as agency or relationality – can develop empathy and ethical regard for the more-than-human world and especially nonhuman animals. As the contributors to this volume show, these cognitive and affective goals can be achieved in many curricula in secondary and tertiary education. By providing learners with the tools to challenge human exceptionalism in its various guises and related patterns of domination and exploitation in and outside the classroom, these interventions also contribute to a much-needed transformation not only of today’s educational systems but of society as a whole. This volume is an invitation to beginners and experienced instructors alike, an invitation to (re)consider how we teach human-animal studies and how we could and should prepare learners for an uncertain future in, ideally, a more egalitarian and just multispecies world.
Language	English
Keywords	Human-Animal Studies; Education; Anthropocene
Year of publication in PubData	2022
Publishing type	Parallel publication
Publication version	Published version
Date issued	2022-06-14
Creation context	Research
Notes	Der Open-Access-Sammelband enthält Beiträge von insgesamt 13 Autor*innen. This publication was funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Field	Value
Resource type	Book
Title of the resource type	Multispecies Futures: New Approaches to Teaching Human-Animal Studies
Identifier	DOI: 10.52007/9783958084025
Author	Hübner, A., Edlich, M. G. P., Moss, M.
Publication year	2022
Publisher	Neofelis Verlag
Place of publication	Berlin