Module ANTM106 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ANTM106: Representation of Animals Through Religion
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module forms broadly three parts and will focus upon: animist or shamanist approaches, and the historical and continued use of animals as ancestral or spiritual guides; the construction of and conduct towards non-human animals in contemporary religious discourse and practice; cosmology and animal participation. It will investigate the anthropomorphism of animals in religious thought and ceremonial activity, and the animals in the construction of religious ethical discourse, around either gift or sacrifice, or compassionate ideologies associated with animal welfare.
Topics may include:
- Introduction
- Deification and Worship of Non-Human Animals (Ancestral Animals and Animals as Spiritual Guides)
- Animals in Hindu and Buddhist Religious
- Hindu Temple Animals
- Animals in Religious Art
- Gifts to the Gods and Animal Sacrifice
- Abrahamic religions, ethics, and animal welfare
- Buddhism, Compassion, and Non-Violence Towards Animals
- Bereavement and Pet Funerals
- Anthrocosmology, Deep Ecology, and New Age Spirituality
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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20 | 130 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour podcast audio lectures with accompanying PowerPoint presentations |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour discussion/seminar participations on the VLE discussion forums (Including formative assessments) |
Guided Independent Study | 30 | Preparation for formative assessments |
Guided Independent Study | 100 | Research and writing of summative assessments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/