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paul bali deposited animal research at DRDC Downsview – a hidden history in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoan overview of military research involving pigs, rats, and rabbits at DRDC Downsview [Toronto], from 2004 -2007.
appendix includes military docs secured thru an ATIP request by Animal Alliance Canada.
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paul bali deposited gender & Judaism: in three popular texts in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agogender & Judaism in A Serious Man [Coen Bros, 2009], An American Dream [Norman Mailer, 1965] and the Pericope Adulterae.
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Jeannette Vaught replied to the topic Animal Studies: Key Readings in the discussion
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoHello Sara! I’m a fellow HC Summer Camper, a little behind on our second challenge. I’m glad to see a fellow animalista in the summer camp group! Are you subscribed to H-Animal? There’s a lot of excellent discussion there, as well as a wealth of posted syllabi and current books/articles. It would be great to help get better discussion goin…[Read more]
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religioncomics deposited It’s Time for LISSA in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoReview of LISSA: A STORY ABOUT MEDICAL PROMISE, FRIENDSHIP, AND REVOLUTION (University of Toronto Press) by Sherine Hamdy, Coleman Nye, Sarula Bao, and Caroline Brewer
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Valeria Graziano deposited Alternative care and health histories: some case studies to help us imagine the future in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoThe movement for Digital Social Innovation (DSI) insists on the need for a long memory to not take anything unexpected as “innovative” just because there is no awareness of what has happened before or elsewhere. In this article we want to briefly collect three case studies from the recent past that have seen social justice movements aut…[Read more]
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Sara Santos started the topic Animal Studies: Key Readings in the discussion
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoHello everyone!
HCommons novice here and so excited to join the conversation on animal and environmental studies! I’m currently developing my dissertation project, much of which deals with human/nonhuman relationships and environmental collapse in contemporary Global North/South fiction. One thing I’d be interested to know is what are three key…[Read more]
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Marco Heiles deposited ‚Der Sinn der höchsten Meister von Paris‘ mit ‚Sendbrief-Aderlassanhang‘ Transkription aus Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. germ. 1 in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoTranscription of a tract on the plague from a German manuscript from ca 1463, Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. germ. 1, fol. 51ra-rb.
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Milieus und Akteure in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoDie Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. Im Mittelpunkt stehen bislang die Frage nach dem Geist der Tiere, das Problem des Tier-Mensch-Unterschiedes und die Themenfelder der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet und ergänzt es dur…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Milieus und Akteure in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoDie Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. Im Mittelpunkt stehen bislang die Frage nach dem Geist der Tiere, das Problem des Tier-Mensch-Unterschiedes und die Themenfelder der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet und ergänzt es dur…[Read more]
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paul bali deposited an ad for devouring everything in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agocarnism & consumerism; eco-apocalypse; product placement; copyright
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David E. Roy, Ph.D. deposited Can Whitehead’s Philosophy Provide an Adequate Theoretical Foundation for Today’s Neuroscience? in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoThis article shows the high degree of correlation between the ways in which the right and the left hemispheres process and organize information and Whitehead’s understanding of the two pure and direct modes of perception, causal efficacy and presentational immediacy. The neuroscience is drawn from the recent work of Iain McGilchrist and Robert…[Read more]
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Michael Stanley-Baker posted an update in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoPolling the hive mind…. Would people be willing to share here the learning objectives of your Medical Humanities programmes at your universities?
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Hi, Michael. Here are the learning goals on the website for our Health & the Humanities Certificate:
(https://english.wisc.edu/programs/health-and-humanities-certificate-overview/)Learning Goals
After completing the certificate, you will be able to:
-Identify major developments in the history of medicine and the medical profession
-Describe how…[Read more]
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Materia Medica: Technology, Vaccination, and Antivivisection in Jazz Age Philadelphia in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoDuring the 1920s, the Philadelphia-based American Antivivisection Society turned to racialized metaphors in its circulating periodical, the Starry Cross, to excoriate the expanding practice of vaccination. Since vaccines were then made from animal-derived serums, the involvement of antivivisectionists in antivaccine arguments is not surprising.…[Read more]
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Materia Medica: Technology, Vaccination, and Antivivisection in Jazz Age Philadelphia in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoDuring the 1920s, the Philadelphia-based American Antivivisection Society turned to racialized metaphors in its circulating periodical, the Starry Cross, to excoriate the expanding practice of vaccination. Since vaccines were then made from animal-derived serums, the involvement of antivivisectionists in antivaccine arguments is not surprising.…[Read more]
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Pageants, Po’ Boys, and Pork on a Stick: Documenting the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoThis photoessay documents the 82nd Annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, which took place in Morgan City, Louisiana over Labor Day weekend in 2018. It contains photographs of the festival, including images of pageant queens, food vendors, and the Blessing of the Fleet. The essay documents the authors’ experience of the festival, and c…[Read more]
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Jeannette Vaught deposited Pageants, Po’ Boys, and Pork on a Stick: Documenting the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoThis photoessay documents the 82nd Annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, which took place in Morgan City, Louisiana over Labor Day weekend in 2018. It contains photographs of the festival, including images of pageant queens, food vendors, and the Blessing of the Fleet. The essay documents the authors’ experience of the festival, and c…[Read more]
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travisclau posted an update in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoJust wanted to share my review of Sari Altschuler’s excellent new book on early American medicine. She raises a lot of important methodological questions about our field, and I find myself still thinking about the suggestions/questions she raises.
Cultivating “Epistemological Humility”: How to Reimagine the Medical Humanities
Also, if…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Linguistisch-philosophische Untersuchungen zu Plausibilität: Über kommunikative Grundmuster bei der Entstehung von wissenschaftlichen Tatsachen in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoPlausibilität spielt in allen Wissenschaftskulturen eine gewichtige Rolle – ob implizit oder explizit. Auffällig ist jedoch, dass es keiner spezifisch geschulten Kompetenz oder der Vermittlung eigenständiger Fähigkeiten bedarf, um einen Sachverhalt als “plausibel” zu beurteilen, während bei verwandten Begriffen wie etwa “logisch” je nach den meth…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Die methodologische Signatur von Forschungsprogrammen in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoDie Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. In ihrem Mittelpunkt standen bislang Fragen nach dem Geist der Tiere, der Tier-Mensch-Unterschied oder Probleme der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet mit dem Ziel einer strukturierten Un…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Philosophie der Tierforschung: Die methodologische Signatur von Forschungsprogrammen in the group
Animal Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoDie Tierphilosophie ist eines der lebendigsten Felder der Gegenwartsphilosophie. In ihrem Mittelpunkt standen bislang Fragen nach dem Geist der Tiere, der Tier-Mensch-Unterschied oder Probleme der Tierethik. Die auf drei Bände angelegte »Philosophie der Tierforschung« wirft einen neuen Blick auf dieses Gebiet mit dem Ziel einer strukturierten Un…[Read more]
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