Module ANTM107 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ANTM107: Anthrozoology Residential
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The primary aim of the module is to provide distance-learning students on the MA Anthrozoology with the opportunity to participate in an immersive, interactive, face-to-face learning environment with their peers and established scholars. Through attendance at the residential and active participation in and contribution to academic and non-academic debates in Anthrozoology students will develop a good understanding of the interdisciplinary scope inherent to Anthrozoological research. The format of the residential will enable students who usually study at a distance to experience more traditional approaches to the dissemination of academic research and to engage directly with the theoretical, methodological and ethical issues encountered by practicing academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. Participating academics will present their research in the form of lectures, workshops and conference papers which will be followed by interactive, student-led group discussions.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a thorough engagement with and understanding of a range of multi-disciplinary approaches to human interactions with other animals 2. discuss and critically assess the implications of approaching human interactions with other animals from a range of disciplinary perspectives 3. show a good understanding of the different theoretical and methodological approaches which scholars studying human-animal interactions utilise in order to understand these varied interactions |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which different academic disciplines approach and analyse human interactions with other animals 5. engage with and critically assess some of the current debates (theoretical, methodological, ethical) relating to human interactions with other animals 6. make reflexive, theoretically informed comparisons between the work of practicing scholars from a range of academic disciplines and your own research and/or experiences relating to human interactions with other animals |
Personal and Key Skills | 7. demonstrate critical, analytical thinking and synoptic skills 8. demonstrate the confidence/ability to discuss in a critically analytical manner the arguments presented by other academics 9. express complex ideas in a clear, coherent and reflexive manner through the formulation and dissemination of cogent arguments (both verbally and in writing) 10. demonstrate the ability to participate as a productive member of a team during group discussions |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The residential will take place over a period of three days, and will comprise a series of workshops, seminars and lectures run by academics from the University of Exeter and, where possible, appropriate external speakers.
Based on a previous non-accredited residential held at the University of Exeter in May 2014, the residential will be structured in a manner similar to that described below:
Day 1
09.00-10.00 Refreshments and networking
10.00-10.50 Welcome and introductory lecture by Programme director/MA tutors
11.00-11.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
12.00-12.50 Student led discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff or PGR student
15.00-15.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
16.00-18.00 Student led discussion
Day 2
09.00-10.00 Refreshments and networking
10.00-10.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
11.00-11.50 Student led discussion
12.00-12.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Student led discussion
16.00-18.00 Film screening and discussion convened by member of academic staff
Day 3
09.00-10.00 Refreshments and networking
10.00-10.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
11.00-11.50 Student led discussion
12.00-12.50 Guest lecture by member of academic staff
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.50 Guest seminar convened by member of academic staff
15.00-17.00 Concluding discussion led by MA tutors and goodbyes.
Academic content will vary according to staff availability and current staff research interests/projects. However, topics could include:
- Biopolitics and wildlife conservation
- Animal ethics
- Multispecies ethnography
- Advocacy and applied research in animal welfare
- Visual representations of animals
- Literary representations of animals
- Historical representations of animals
- Animals in the archaeological record
Because of the variable nature of the annual programme of the residential, the details of learning activities and teaching methods below are indicative, based on prior experience, but not a guarantee of the precise number of hours afforded to each activity year-by-year.
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 | 0 |
...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 | 12 | Academic-led lectures, papers, seminars |
Scheduled learning and teaching | 2 | Staff-led film screening and discussion |
Scheduled learning and teaching | 6 | Student-led discussions relating to lectures and seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 30 | Non-assessed preparatory readings |
Guided Independent Study | 100 | Research and writing of summative assessment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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Participation in student-led group discussions | 6 hours | 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 | Verbal feedback from MA tutors and peers |
Participation in a group blog | 20 hours | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | Peer-assessed (via postings on ELE and/or blog on The Den (Anthrozoology group on Exeter's social networking site) and written feedback on the ELE discussion forums. |
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 |
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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 |
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A 4000 word portfolio review of the lectures/papers presented at the residential, incorporating a critical discussion of the theoretical and/or methodological and/or ethical issues raised by the different speakers | 100 | 4,000 words | 1-9 | Written feedback |
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 |
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Portfolio | Portfolio (4000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment 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.
DeMello, M. 2010. Teaching the animal: Human-animal studies across the disciplines (pp. xi-xix). Lantern Books.
DeMello, M. 2012. Animals and society: an introduction to human-animal studies. Columbia University Press.
Herzog, H. A. 2007. Gender differences in human–animal interactions: A review. Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, 20(1), 7-21.
Irvine, L. 2012. Sociology and anthrozoology: Symbolic interactionist contributions. Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, 25(Supplement 1), 123-137.
Kalof, L., & Fitzgerald, A. J. (Eds.). 2007. The animals reader: the essential classic and contemporary writings. Oxford and New York: Berg.
Kirksey, E. 2014. The Multispecies Salon. Duke University Press
Lloyd, N., & Mulcock, J. 2006. Human-animal studies in Australia: perspectives from the arts, humanities and social sciences. Australian Zoologist, 33(3), 290-294. http://www.rzsnsw.org.au/Volumes%20of%20RZS%20papers/2006%20vol33%283%29/Lloyd%20N%20Mulcock%20J%20Human-animal%20studies%20in%20Australia%20-%20perspectives%20from%20the%20arts,%20humanities%20and%20social%20sciences.pdf
Ogden, L. A., Hall, B., & Tanita, K. 2013. Animals, plants, people, and things: A review of multispecies ethnography. Environment and Society: Advances in Research, 4(1), 5-24.
Rose, D. B., van Dooren, T., Chrulew, M., Cooke, S., Kearnes, M., & O’Gorman, E. 2012. Thinking through the environment, unsettling the humanities. Environmental Humanities, 1(1), 1-5.
Shapiro, K., & DeMello, M. 2010. The state of human-animal studies. Society & Animals, 18(3), 307-318.
Smart, A. 2014. Critical perspectives on multispecies ethnography. Critique of Anthropology, 34(1), 3-7.