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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leading discussion for one of the tutorial topics | Length of tutorial | All | Peer-assessed and oral feedback during tutorial |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic research paper | 100 | 4,000 words | All | Written Feedback |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Research Paper | Research Paper (4,000 words) | All | To be submitted before the start of the next academic year/academic session. |
Re-assessment notes
Students must have completed formative assessments before being allowed to submit summative reassessment.
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.
Basic reading:
Aftandilian, David. 2007. What are the Animals to Us?: Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature, and Art. University of Tennessee Press.
Baldick, Julian. 2000. Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia. New York University Press.
Bolton, Maggie. 2005. Quartering Sheep at Carnival in Sud Lipez, Bolivia. In The Qualities of Time: Anthropological Approaches, edited by Wendy James and David Mills. Oxford: Berg.
Broglio, Ralph. 2012. Thinking With Surfaces: Animals and Contemporary Art, in Animals and the Human Imagination: A Companion to Animal Studies edited by Aaron Gross and Anne Valeley. Columbia University Press.
Carmak, Betty J. 2003. Grieving the Death of a Pet. Minneapolis: MN Augsburg Books.
De Silva, Lily. 2003. The Buddhist Attitude towards Nature, in Environment Ethics: Divergence and Convergence (Second Edition), edited by Richard G. Botzler, Susan J. Armstrong.
Fellenz, Marc R. 2007. The Moral Menagerie : Philosophy and Animal Rights. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Folzt, Richard C. 2006. Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures. Oxford: One World.
Kalof, Linda and Resl, Brigitte 2011. A Cultural History of Animals. Oxford: Berg.
Linzey, Andrew. 1999. Animal Gospel: Christian Faith as If Animals Mattered. London: Hodder and Stougton.
Masri, Basheer Ahmad. 1989. Animals in Islam. Petersfield: Athene Trust.
Morris, Brian. 2000 Animals and Ancestors: An Ethnography. Oxford: Berg.
Northcott, Michael S. 2007. Faithful Feasting. In A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming. MaryKnoll, NY: Orbis.
Regan, Tom. 1987. Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science. Temple University Press.
Taylor, Bron. 2010, Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Serpell, James. A. 2005. Animals and religion: Towards a unifying theory. In The human-animal relationship: Forever and a Day edited by Francien Heriette de Jonge. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum.
Waldau, Paul. 2001. The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals. American Academy of Religion Books.
Waldau, Paul. 2010. Religion and Other Animals. In Teaching the Animal: Human Animal Studies across the Disciplines edited by Margo DeMello. New York: Lantern Books.
Waldau, Paul and Patton, Kimberly C. 2006. A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics. Columbia University Press.
Journal Articles
Chur-Hansen, Anna. 2010. Grief and Bereavement Issues and the Loss of a Companion Animal. Clinical Psychologist. 14(1): 14-21.
Davis, Helen et al. When a pet dies: Religious issues, euthanasia and strategies for coping with bereavement. Anthrozoos. 16(1), 57-74.
Lee, Sherman A.; Surething, Nicole A. 2013. Neuroticism and Religious Coping Uniquely Predict Distress Severity among Bereaved Pet Owners. Anthrozoos. 26 (1): 61-76.
Parson, E.C.M. (Chris) 2004. Sea monsters and mermaids in Scottish folklore: Can these tales give us information on the historic occurrence of marine animals in Scotland? Anthrozoos. 17(1): 73-80.
Praet, Istvan. 2013. The Positional Qualitty of Life and Death: A Theory of Human-Animal Religions in Animism. Anthrozoos. 26(3): 341-355
Rea, Amadeo M. 2008. Wings in the Desert: A Folk Ornithology of the Northern Pimans. Anthrozoos. 21(4): 398-398
Sax, Boria. 2000. The Holocaust and Blood Sacrifice. Anthrozoos. 13(1): 22-33.
Sax. Boria 2009. The Magic of Animals: English Witch Trials in the Perspective of Folklore. Anthrozoos. 22 (4): 317-332.
Schaefer, Donovan O. 2012. Do Animals Have Religion? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion and Embodiment. Anthrozoos. Vol. 25 Supplement: 173-189.
Stibbe, Arran. 2007. Haiku and Beyond: Language, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World. Anthrozoos. 20(2): 101-112
Sz?cs, Endre et al. (2012). Animal Welfare in Different Human Cultures, Traditions and Religious Faiths. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Science, 25(11), 1499-1506.
Veldkamp, Elmer. 2009. The Emergence of "Pets as Family" and the Socio-Historical Development of Pet Funerals in Japan. Anthrozoos. 22(4): 333-346.
