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| These aren't my shelves either, but they are a message I need to hear with my mad book-buying! |
Shelf Life: Part Three:
The Library Made Me Do It
As I noted in this post, I make ample use of several libraries in my pursuit to read everything. The problem with the library is that sometimes I just don't read fast enough -- and there is always someone waiting in line for the title I'm working on. As a result, I sometimes end up buying books I can rent so that I can have ample time to get through them. [I could take the radical step of reading one book at a time -- but what would be the fun in that?]
Preparing for a Talk
This year, I was fortunate enough to be asked to give a talk during a lecture series at school. The talk could be about anything, so I decided to introduce students to the field of Human-Animal Studies. The opening slide of my presentation looked like this:
Demello's text is a sort of founding document when it comes to Human-Animal studies (I'll be using it in class next spring, in fact). I had been reading it via JSTOR but I didn't pass up the chance to have my own copy to highlight and underline in!
I have mixed feelings about this one. It certainly gave me some food for thought and helped me flesh out my talk (puns!) but the latter chapters started to feel meandering and repetitive -- veering away from a bigger take-away.
If you're at all interested in learning more about Human-Animal studies, this is a list I gave the students to continue their investigations!
Human-Animal Studies:
Animal Advocacy:
Becoming more
eco-friendly:
Ecofeminism, The
Link, Charismatic Megafauna, Animal-based insults
https://grist.org/article/the-case-for-charisma/
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