Essays about: "animal subjectivity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words animal subjectivity.

  1. 1. The Rights of Nature in the Scandinavian Wilderness : the case of Fulufjället National Park

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Emese Annabella Boda; [2022]
    Keywords : human rights; Nature’s rights; sustainability; intergenerational equity; environmental protection; conservation; biodiversity; intrinsic value; interconnectedness;

    Abstract : The idea of recognizing the Rights of Nature has emerged as a response and an alternative source of stimulus to tackle today’s environmental problems causing eco-anxiety. This study intends to give insight on how a high level of environmental awareness can contribute substantially to a balanced relationship with Nature. READ MORE

  3. 2. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognition; multimodality; cognitive ecocriticism; synaesthesia; cross-modality; sensorial aesthetics; phenomenology; immersion; animal subjectivity; animal sentience; animal alterity; extended mind theory; social mind; upper secondary school; high school; EFL context.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE

  4. 3. More than four-legged vehicles? : The representation of horses in Dragon Age: Inquisition and Star Stable 1: Autumn Riders

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Hanna Isaksson; Tove Wahlberg; [2021]
    Keywords : video games; animal studies; ecocriticism; horses; representation; objectification; dataspel; djurstudier; ekokritik; hästar; representation; objektifiering;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated the representation of horses in the video games Star Stable 1: Autumn Riders and Dragon Age: Inquisition from an ecocritical lens. It applies the method of close reading to the game research field to analyse the representation of horses in video games and how that representation can be objectifying. READ MORE

  5. 4. Triage på smådjursakuten : en enkätstudie om triageskalor och användning av triageprotokoll

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emma Gylesjö; Petra Holmberg; [2020]
    Keywords : akutvård; djuromvårdnad; djursjukskötare; smådjur; standardisering; triage; triageskalor; triagesystem; triageprotokoll;

    Abstract : Triage är en viktig process för att flödet på akutmottagningen ska fungera. Det finns triagesystem beskrivna för smådjur, exempelvis Veterinary Triage List som använder sig av en femgradig färgskala för att sortera patienterna. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Silencing of the Lamb : a critical conceptual study of subjectivity, right–holders, and human rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Morgan Björö; [2019]
    Keywords : Subjectivity; Human Rights; moral rights; the animal; interest; Other; Other– as–subject; language; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : It is widespread human doxa that moral concern towards the animal is less important than what we direct towards our fellow human–beings. The animal is avowedly less rational, less susceptible to pleasure, and less capable of creating meaningful interactive relationships, or so widely accepted at least. READ MORE