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Emerging with Oddkin: Interdisciplinarity in the Animal Turn
Contributor(s):: Mattes, Seven, Vincent, Aviva, Whitley, Cameron T.
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'stray appetites': a socio-ecological analysis of free-ranging dogs living alongside human communities in Bangalore, India
Contributor(s):: Bhalla, S. J., Kemmers, R., Vasques, A., Vanak, A. T.
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Pets: Their Effects On The Elderly
| Contributor(s):: Marjorie Flynn
Pets have always had a capacity for putting human beings in touch with life. Watching a puppy or a kitten at play stirs a joy somewhere deep within us bringing with it a smile or a chuckle. Pets remind us of spring, of youth, of all there is to see on this earth that is new and alive. Pets keep...
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Equine assisted learning with special populations
| Contributor(s):: Hanna Baus
This paper explores the use of equine-assisted learning (EAL) activities with special populations and includes a program evaluation for two equine-assisted learning programs developed and conducted by HeartStrides, a non-profit organization in the Pacific Northwest. The study included two...
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Negotiating Multi-Species Families: Are Fluffy and Fido Family?
| Contributor(s):: Workman, Miranda K.
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Alienation, Modernization, and Animal Welfare: Human-Animal Relationships at the Farm, State, and Country Levels
| Contributor(s):: Briscoe, Michael D.
Our relationships with animals are important for us as humans, for the environment, and for the animals themselves. In this dissertation I look at the relationships between humans and animals at three scales: farm, U.S. state, and country. Specifically, I address how factors like economic...
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Behind the Tracks: Social and Labor Relations in the United States Horse Racing Industry
| Contributor(s):: Richart, Rebecca Suzann
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Experiences of People with Multiple Sclerosis and their use of Assistance Dogs: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
| Contributor(s):: O'Connor, Gráinne Ann
In this thesis, findings are reported from a qualitative study of eleven people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) who between them have used nineteen assistance dogs for more than two decades. The first recorded use of dogs specifically trained to help people living with physical impairments...
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Eläimet muuttuvassa yhteiskunnassa – johdatus ihmisten ja eläinten välisten suhteiden sosiologiaan
| Contributor(s):: SALLA TUOMIVAARA
Eläinten kohtelua koskevat kysymykset ovat viimeisten vuosikymmenten aikana murtautuneet länsimaissa julkisen keskustelun piiriin. Eläinkysymyksistä on tullut poliittisia kysymyksiä samaan tapaan kuin ympäristökysymyksistä 19601970-luvulla....
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“You Can’t Ignore the Rat”: Nonhuman Animals in Boundary Work
| Contributor(s):: McCumber, Andrew
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Relations of Power and Nonhuman Agency: Critical Theory, Clever Hans, and Other Stories of Horses and Humans
| Contributor(s):: Wadham, Helen
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Free-Riders in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex: The Problem of Flexitarianism
| Contributor(s):: Wrenn, C. L.
Social movements have traditionally viewed free-riders as a problem for effective mobilization, but under the influence of the nonprofit industrial complex, it is possible that movements actively facilitate their presence. Free-riders become an economic resource to professionalized movements...
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Vulnerability, Transcendence, and the Body: Exploring the Human Nonhuman Animal Divide within Jainism
| Contributor(s):: Vallely, A.
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Does the End Justify the Means? A Media Analysis of Invasive Pig and Fox Management
| Contributor(s):: Thompson, B. E., Grace, M. E., Foster, B. C., Harrison, C. L., Graham, S.
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How Ethical Ideologies Relate to Public Attitudes Toward Nonhuman Animals: The Japanese Case
| Contributor(s):: Su, B. T., Koda, N., Martens, P.
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Human-Animal Studies: Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, Troubling the Future
| Contributor(s):: Shapiro, K.
This is the third in a series of reports on the state of the field of Human-Animal Studies. In the introductory section, major terms in the prevailing definition of the field—Human-Animal Studies is the interdisciplinary study of human-animal relationships—are unpacked and critically...
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Village Dogs in Coastal Mexico The Street as a Place to Belong
| Contributor(s):: Ruiz-Izaguirre, E., Hebinck, P., Eilers, K.
Village dogs are important for households in coastal Mexico, yet they are seen as out of place by etic stakeholders (public health and wildlife experts, and animal welfarists). Caregivers of village dogs are considered irresponsible, a view that is reinforced by Mexican policy. We describe two...
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Life as a Reflexive Project: The Logics of Ethical Veganism and Meat-Eating
| Contributor(s):: Presser, L., Schally, J. L., Vossler, C.
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Canine Rescue as a Social Movement: The Politics of Love
| Contributor(s):: Peterson, A. L.
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"Savage Beasts," "Great Companions": The First Dogs to Winter on the Antarctic Continent
| Contributor(s):: Patterson, D., Simmonds, J. G., Snell, T. L.
