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Human - Animal Studies (also called " Animal Studies " or " Anthrozoology " ) are a relatively new interdisciplinary field of research that comes from the English-speaking scientific discourse. The focus of the Human - Animal Studies (HAS) are the complex and diverse relationships between people and animals. Publications and courses from different disciplines, such as sociology, the field of psychology, the science of history, education, philosophy, anthropology, gender studies, or cultural studies.

As an independent flow in scientific discourse one can make up the Human Animal Studies around since the 1990s.

Research content

The research content of the human - Animal Studies are varied due to the inter-and transdisciplinary orientation of the research field. In the Human - Animal Studies, among others, the representation of animals in art, media and literature as well as the question of the cultural and symbolic importance of animals is investigated. The role of animals and animal themes in systems of thought and the history of ideas of Western societies, interactions between people and animals and studies of animal-related practices and the treatment of animals in various social fields, such as, inter alia, science, economics, agriculture represent other topics in the Human - Animal Studies are explored. The discussion of the question of animal rights / animal liberation and the associated social movement are part of this discipline. Historical changes in coping and adjustment practices towards animals are discussed amongst others in the historical, sociological and cultural- scientific movements of human -animal studies. Furthermore, the critical analysis of the human-animal relations as power relations and exploitation a topic in the research field of Human - Animal Studies.

History of the research field

The Human - Animal Studies emerged in the 1980s in the Anglo- American world. Since 2000 it is also possible in German-speaking reinforced publication volume and first steps establishment notice. Especially since the year 2009, founded various groups who work content and organization in the field of Human - Animal Studies. These, among others at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Hamburg include the "Alliance humans and animals " in Munich (founded 2009), the " Group for Society and Animals Studies (GSA )" ( founded in 2010 ) and the network " Chimaira - Working Group for Human - Animal Studies ", which is mainly active in Berlin ( founded in 2010 ). On " Messerli Research Institute " at the Veterinary University of Vienna, which also was formed in 2010, including an interdisciplinary master's degree human-animal relationship is offered. 2011 and 2012 came other groups, including the " Young Researchers Network Cultural and Literary Animal Studies ( CLAS )" at the Chair of Modern German Literature at the University of Würzburg, in the meantime about 70 PhD students and post-docs are networked, the history scientific network "Animals and History / Animals and History " and the group of countries of Minding Animals - network " Minding Animals Germany ". Is an increased interest in Human - Animal Studies in German-speaking countries in the organization of various conferences, symposia and conferences on topics of the HAS since 2005 as well as the organization held by a three- consecutive years, " Summer School " by the young researchers network Cultural and Literary Animal Studies clearly at the University of Würzburg.

Journals

  • Animal studies (de) ISSN 2193-8504
  • Animal ethics. Journal on human- animal relationship (de)
  • Antennae, The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (s) ISSN 1756-9575
  • Anthropozoologica (fr) ISSN 0761-3032
  • Anthrozoös (s) ISSN 1753-0377
  • Asinus Novus (it) ISSN 2240-7367
  • Etica & Animali (it) ISSN 0049-2426
  • Humanimalia (s) ISSN 2151-8645
  • Journal for Critical Animal Studies (s) ISSN 1948 - 352x
  • Journal of Animal Law & Ethics ( s) ISSN 0021-8642
  • Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science ( s) ISSN 1088-8705
  • Society & Animals ( en ) ISSN 1063-1119
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