Module ANTM100 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ANTM100: The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Animality, liminality & the human/animal binary
- Language and semiotics
- The real and the representational
- Historical representations in art
- Animal exhibits – zoos, circuses, aquariums
- Photographic representations of animals
- Taxidermied animals
- Aesthetics and breeds
- Anthropomorphism, egomorphism and zoomorphism
- Animals in film
- Animals in advertising
- Media representations of animals
- Postmodern and posthumanist representations of animals
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 60 minute (or 7 x 90 minutes according to term length) podcast audio lectures with accompanying PowerPoint presentations |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 60 minute (or 6 x 90 minute according to term length) discussion/seminar participations plus one 30 minute introductory seminar about the assignments |
| Guided Independent Study | 25 | Preparation and reading for weekly lectures and seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | Preparation for formative assessments Q&A discussions on the ELE discussion forums |
| Guided Independent Study | 80 | Research and writing of summative assessments |
| Guided Independent Study | 5 | Attendance at an exhibition (which can be virtual) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE - vle.exeter.ac.uk
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.
Aloi, G. 2012. ‘Deconstructing the Animal in Search of the Real’ Anthrozoos. 25.
Baker, S. 2000. The Post-modern Animal. London: Reaktion Books.
Baker,S. 2001. Picturing the beast: Animals, identity, and representation. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Bishop, R. 2004. ‘Journeys to the Urban Exotic: Embodiment and the Zoo-Going Gaze’ in Humanities Research. XI:1.
Berger, J. 1980. About Looking. London: Writers and Readers.
Brower, M. 2008. ‘A Rupture in the Field of Representation: Animals, Photography and Affect. Photography and Culture. 2:3.
Burt, J. 2002. Animals in Film. London: Reaktion Books.
Chris, C. 2006. Watching Wildlife. University of Minnesota Press.
Daston, L. & Mitman, G. 2006. Thinking with animals: new perspectives on anthropomorphism. Columbia University Press.
Derrida, J. & Wills, D. 2002. ‘The Animal That Therefore I Am (More to Follow)’ Critical Inquiry 28, no. 2: 369-418.
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.
Hirschman, E.C. and Sanders, C.R. 1997. ‘Motion pictures as metaphoric consumption: How animal narratives teach us to be human’ Semiotica. 115: 1/2.
Kalof, L. and Fitzgerald, A. 2003. ‘Reading the trophy: Exploring the display of dead animals in hunting magazines’ Visual Studies. 18:2.
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 York University Press.
Midgley, M. 1973. ‘The Concept of Beastliness: Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behaviour’ Philosophy. 48: 111-135.
Quinn, M.S. 1993. ‘Corpulent Cattle and Milk Machines: Nature, Art and the Ideal Type’ Society & Animals. 1:2.
Rachels, J. 1991. Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rothfels, N. Representing Animals. Indiana University 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.
Zammit, L.J. and Kalof, L. 2012. ‘From Animal Rights and Shock Advocacy to Kinship with Animals: Lessons from the Visual Culture of Endangered Species’ Antennae. 12
