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Blogging DomesticationAmy Nelson Virginia Tech
Living with Animals ConferenceEastern Kentucky University
March 22,2013
Course Overview and Objectives
Read a range of things....
Jared Diamond, Edmund Russell, Stiner and Feeley-Harnick
Bulliet’s Hunters, Herders and Hamburgers
Tim Ingold
Julliet Clutton-Brock
Piers Vitebsky
Virginia DeJohn Anderson
Ken Shapiro, Jonathan Burt
(Donna Haraway & Natasha Fijn)
Research Projects
A species for everyone
integrated history of a particular species and human society across the entire chronological expanse of their relationship
Four Main Sections
1. Species’ Origins / Evolutionary History (starting ca. 66 mya)
2. When did your species’ ancestors begin interacting with humans? where? how? with what consequences (for the animals and for the humans)
3. How has domestication altered your species?
4. Three historical moments in which your species was especially significant to the development of human society
Current Projects
Team Ungulate: ◦ Horse, Donkey, Reindeer
Team Fowl: ◦ Pigeon, Chicken
Team Random: ◦ Cat, Goldfish, Honeybees
Blogginghttps://blogs.lt.vt.edu/domesticate/
Beyond Reflection Papers
Blogging Assignment
“You are required to blog at least once per week about the assigned readings, and you are required to comment on another person’s blog at least twice per week. There is no assigned length or format for your blogging. I just ask that you engage the readings thoughtfully and substantively, and that you explore and play with the many nuances of the blogging modality. You might comment on the author’s theoretical/methodological framework or relate the assigned text to other readings for the course, other perspectives you have encountered elsewhere, and the thoughts, questions, and responses of your classmates on their blogs. You may also respond to the text’s major arguments in more personal terms, as long as you engage those arguments carefully. Individual blog posts are not graded, but will be considered holistically as evidence of your general commitment to the course and its content.”
Longer, more insightful, and lots more dialogue
Four Lightbulbs
1. Students write better for an audience of peers
2. Full transparency: Post for your grandmother and Albert Einstein
3. The instructor should blog too.
4. Quality blogging makes for even richer face time discussions
Blogs and the Research Projects
Conclusion