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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Cultural and Religious Studies 1st Semester, 2017-2018 CULS 5209 Special Topics in Intercultural Studies Animals and Society 動物與社會 Lecturer: Dr. Chan Ka Ming (E-mail address: chankm_teaching@.hk; Office: KKL 212) Course Outline Content of the Course How do we, as human, understand and connect to the animal kingdom? How do modern culture and society shape human-animal connections? How do cultural studies and humanities expand our scope on nature? Cultural studies has sustained concern on everyday life with mass production, consumerism, sexism, racism and postmodernism, but the discipline is always thought to be lagging behind the concern of nature and animal. Nevertheless, as the issues of animal abuse, environmental protection, factory farming, protection policy, law-making and media portrayals of animals are the hot topics in our (post)modern culture, the study of animal with the perspective of cultural studies and other humanity disciplines can explore the possibilities of an advanced human-animal relationship. This course is designed with an empathic concern of other-than-human animals. By exploring different issues of human and animals’ life, this course looks for a harmonious balance of nature and modern culture. This course focuses on three areas, through which we can explore the different aspects of animal and cultural studies. These areas are: A. Entering Jurassic World – Remaking Animals in Leisure (Lecture A1-A4) B. Attacking Godzilla – Representing Animals in Media (Lecture B1-B4) C. Leaving Zootopi