21H.909J / 21H.969J / 21A.390J / 21A.835J People and Other Animals, Fall 2010
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Author(s)
Ritvo, Harriet
Alternative Title
People and Other Animals
Date Issued
December 2010
Abstract
This class provides a historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of animals, display of exotic and performing animals, and pet keeping. Themes include changing ideas about animal agency and intelligence, our moral obligations to animals, and the limits imposed on the use of animals.
Subjects
people
animals
hunting
domestication
livestock
animal labor
scientific experimentation
pets
zoos
selective breeding
vivisection
vegetarian
animal cruelty
poaching
conservation
cloning
colonialism
imperialism
mad cow disease
taxidermy
natural history museum
ethology
primatology
animal welfare
biodiversity
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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