Essays about: "Humanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the word Humanism.

  1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
    Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

    Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pigeon Tales : An Exploration of Humanimal Entanglement in Urban Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Anna Hoekman; [2023]
    Keywords : Pigeons; humanimal relations; animal rights; posthumanism; companion species; historical ecology;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the humanimal entanglements between humans and pigeons in the urban setting. It traces human-pigeon histories from pigeons’ domestication forward to the contemporary conceptions of pigeons as a pest animal. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quarry Stories - Architecture through Narrative Exploration

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anastasia Bos; Lycke Förell; [2023]
    Keywords : Book; Exhibition; Post-humanism; Limestone; Quarry; Storytelling; Narrative; Landscape; Exploration; Non-human;

    Abstract : This book, Quarry Stories - Architecture through Narrative Exploration, collects the process and proposals of our thesis, responding to the question: How can critical post-humanist philosophy, using stories as a tool, enhance our understanding of architecture and activate narratives in limestone quarries? We view the limestone quarries on Gotland as an example of humans’ relationship with nature: we take what we want and leave. Although significant for the industry, the quarries are troublesome from an ecological perspective. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Question of Avian Aesthetics : An Ungendered Theory of Aesthetic Agency

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Luca Leon Canonico Johnson; [2023]
    Keywords : Non-human Animal Aesthetics; Feminist Philosophy of Science; Critical Post-humanism; Feminist Aesthetics; Human-Animal Studies; Non-human Animal Agency; Aesthetic Agency; Avian Aesthetics;

    Abstract : As humanity grapples with its significant global footprint in this era, there is a growing fascination with delving into the experiences and viewpoints of other animal species. This juncture offers an opportune moment to delve into the aesthetics of non-human animals by using diverse interdisciplinary methods and viewpoints. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gut Feeling : Art and Food Digested: Figuring a Post-Human Intestinal Turn

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sarah Guarino Werner; [2023]
    Keywords : Post-Humanism; Post-Human Subjectivity; Figuration; Vital Matter; Vibrant Matter; Trans- Corporeality; Bodies of Water; Gut Feminism; Gut Feeling; Feminism; Posthuman Food; The Intestinal System; Stacy Alaimo; Rosi Braidotti; Astrida Neimanis Jane Bennett; Elizabeth A. Wilson; Cooking Sections; Climavore; Non-Bar; Sean Raspet;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to develop a new methodological concept better to understand art and curating in a post-human setting. Departing from a post-humanist ontology, my initial idea was to analyse contemporary artworks dealing with food and trace and substantiate a figuration of the gut/intestinal system (connected to post-human notions as the ideas of trans- corporeality, vibrant matter, etc. READ MORE