Essays about: "human-animal studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words human-animal studies.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Birdpoetic Worlds : Sensing the more-than-human worlds through Nina Södergren's bird poems

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetik

   Author : Jessica Sunnebo; [2023]
   Keywords : Nina Södergren; Animism; Ecocriticism; Human-animal studies; Ecopoetics; Zoopoetics; Poetry; Birdpoetry; Birds; More-than-human world; Attentiveness; Nils Aslak Valkeapää; Nina Södergren; Animism; Ekokritik; Litterära djurstudier; Ekopoetik; Zoopoetik; Poesi; Fågelpoesi; Fåglar; Mer-än-mänsklig värld; Uppmärksamhet; Nils Aslak Valkeapää;

   Abstract : This thesis, Birdpoetic Worlds: Sensing the more-than-human worlds through Nina Södergren’s bird poems, analyses a selection of poems by Swedish poet Nina Södergren (1924–2015) from the collection Högt ärade trana: Nya dikter och urval av tidigare poesi* (2012),  through the lens of ecocriticism and animism. The aim is to identify and explore how her bird poetics can function as an invitation to sense a relational experience and interconnectedness with the more-than-human world, especially through attentiveness. READ MORE

4. 3. Equine welfare assessment : assessing equine welfare using positive parameters

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Heidi Nevala; [2023]
   Keywords : human-horse relation; natural living conditions; social bond analysis; time budget;

   Abstract : This thesis examines positive parameters for assessing horse welfare. The purpose of the study was to examine what positive welfare parameters there are, and if they are valid or not. Data has been collected through a literature review. Findings suggest that behavioural indicators like yawning, vacuum chewing and play are not valid. READ MORE

5. 4. Human-Animal Interactions in the Early Life of Dairy Calves : effect of brushing on behavior and health

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Patricia Bilsland; [2023]
   Keywords : dairy calf; tactile stimulation; brushing; human-animal interaction; anthrozoology; health; individual housing; behavior;

   Abstract : This study was conducted to investigate the influence of positive human-animal interactions and tactile stimulation on the behavior and health of young dairy calves. 16 individually housed calves were divided into two groups: One group received tactile stimulation by manual brushing for 30 minutes twice daily for 10 days, and the control group was housed in the same settings but was not brushed. READ MORE

6. 5. Barefooting: A Tool for Environmental Consciousness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Camille-Fleur Moraux-Pizano; [2023]
   Keywords : Barefooting; Critical Animal Studies; Environmental Consciousness; Nature Connectedness; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Modern human animals’ relationship with Nature is damaged and damaging. An emotional and physical separation is at play in this broken bond, with footwear literally and metaphorically embodying the disunion between spirit and body. READ MORE