{"id":2021,"date":"2019-04-15T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturwissenschaften.de\/projekt\/das-tier-als-objekt\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:11:49","slug":"das-tier-als-objekt","status":"publish","type":"projekt","link":"https:\/\/www.kulturwissenschaften.de\/en\/projekt\/das-tier-als-objekt\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Group \u201cHumans and Animals in the Ruhr Area”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The working group \u201cHumans and Animals in the Ruhr Area\u201d builds on collaborations between museums of the Ruhr Area and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (KWI). It examines the relation(s) of humans and animals from historical, sociological, artistic and anthropological perspectives. Through combining humanities, cultural practice and art-historical expertise, the group aims to engage in the emerging cultural field of \u201cHuman-Animal Studies\u201d while also charting an important yet unexamined part of the Ruhr Area\u2019s history. The group\u2019s research focus was inaugurated with a conference addressing the question \u201cDo we need an Animal Turn in Cultural Studies? Theoretical Premises and Conceptional Problems of Human-Animal Studies\u201d <\/a>at the KWI in Spring 2018. Delineating current developments and debates of this newly emerging research field, the conference proceedings \u201cHumans and Animals. Prerequisites and Challenges<\/a>\u201d (J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart) were released in August 2020.<\/p>\n

The working group\u2019s programme furthermore includes the conceptualisation of an exhibition at Ruhr Museum (at Zeche Zollverein in Essen) as well as exhibitions at Zeche Hannover (in Bochum) and at Textilfabrik Cromford. The exhibitions and their educational agendas will be accompanied by a programme exploring diverse factors of human-animal relations, including talks, discussions, film screenings and readings which take place at various locations in the Ruhr Area. In cooperation with Essen\u2019s book shop Proust, the KWI organized a series of readings on \u201cNature Writing\u201d and is further planning to approach \u201cHumans film Animals: Shifting Fears and Desires in the 20th<\/sup> century\u201d. Since Autumn 2019, a complete overview of all exhibitions and events can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the programme had to be altered. Up-to-date information on dates and hygiene concepts can be found on the respective venue\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

For further information, please also visit https:\/\/kulturwissenschaften.de\/projekt\/das-tier-als-objekt-<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publications on the subject<\/strong>
\nMenschen und Tiere \u2013 Ein Forschungsbericht von Friedrich Jaeger<\/a>\u00a0(*.pdf)<\/p>\n

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Past events<\/strong><\/p>\n