Postgraduate Module Descriptor

ANTM100: The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Non-assessed exercises	Weekly Q&A discussions on VLE discussion forums (equivalent to 1 hour per week)	1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	Peer-assessed (via postings on ELE and/or The Den (Anthrozoology group on Exeter's social networking site) and written feedback on the discussion forums.
Reflexive journal relating to attending exhibition	Approximately 5 hours / 1500 words.	2, 6, 9	Written feedback.

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Review of an exhibition	50	2,000 words	1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11	Written feedback.
Photo-essay with accompanying written critical analysis	50	2,000 words	2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11	Written feedback.
	0
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Review of an exhibition	Review of an exhibition	1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11	August/September re-assessment period
Photo-essay	Photo-essay (2,000 words)	2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11	August/September re-assessment period

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Atwood, M. 2003. Oryx and Crake. London: Virago.

Atwood, M. 2010. The Year of the Flood. London: Virago.

Baker, S. 2000. The Post-modern Animal .London: Reaktion Books.

Baker, S. 2001. Picturing the beast: Animals, identity, and representation .Urbana:University ofIllinois Press.

Bergthaller, H. (2010). ‘Housebreaking the Human Animal: Humanism and the problem of sustainability in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood’ English Studies . 91 (7): 728-743.

Burt, J. 2002. Animals in Film .London: Reaktion Books.

Chris, C. 2006. Watching Wildlife .University ofMinnesota Press.

Coetze, J. M. 2004. Waiting for the Barbarians .London: Random House.

Connor, D. 2006. ‘The Menagerie of the Senses’ Senses & Society . 1(1): 9 – 26.

Daston, L. & Mitman, G. 2006. Thinking with animals: new perspectives on anthropomorphism .ColumbiaUniversity Press.

Derrida, J. & Wills, D. 2002. ‘The Animal That Therefore I Am (More to Follow)’ Critical Inquiry 28, no. 2: 369-418.

Descartes, Rene. 1912. Trans. John Vetch 1934. Discourse on Method. Everyman's Library. London: Dent.

Drobnick, J. 2006. ‘Oleg Kulik: Zoophrenic Odors’ Senses & Society . 1 (1): 141 – 148.

Fudge, E. 2000. Animal .London: Reaktion Books.

Fuentes, A. 2006. ‘The Humanity of Animals and the Animality of Humans: A View from Biological Anthropology Inspired by J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello ’ American Anthropologist Volume 108 (1).

Haraway, D. 1991. Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature . Free Association Books.

Kristoffersen, Siv. 2010. ‘Half beast–half man: hybrid figures in animal art’ World Archaeology. 42 (2): 261-272

Malamud, R. 1998. Reading zoos: representations of animals and captivity .New York:New YorkUniversity Press.

Rachels, J. 1991. Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism. Oxford:OxfordUniversity Press.

Rothfels, N. Representing Animals .IndianaUniversity Press.

Russell, C.L. and Ankenman, M.J. 1996. Orangutans as photographic collectibles: ecotourism and the commodification of nature. Tourism Recreation Research. 21(1): 71–78.