Why Look at Animals (Still)?

Nearly a half-century ago, the art critic John Berger famously asked, “Why look at animals?” In this day-long symposium, regional animal studies scholars from RIT, the University of Rochester, Syracuse University, University of Buffalo, Cornell University, Colgate University, and Canisius College will re-pose Berger's query, discussing why we continue to look at animals in the humanities. What has the study of our relations with other animals revealed about the human condition, past and present, and what truths might yet be uncovered?

This symposium is organized by the Animal Studies Corridor Group, funded by the Central New York Humanities Corridor, and sponsored by the RIT Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Department of Science, Technology, and Society. It is open to all RIT students, faculty, and staff; no registration is required.

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