Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Tiere - Pädagogisch-anthropologische Reflexionen pp 211–227Cite as

The “animalized humans” – the reformulated body

A discussion of the phenomenon of Japanese Catgirls motivated by a Danish school project

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

  • 2064 Accesses

Zusammenfassung

From Disney cartoons we experience animals being humanized and representing a human character to a degree in which it becomes difficult to see them as animals. This is just one example of how animals are attributed with a human character. An opposing – but related – trend among pet owners is the humanization of their pets, which sometimes goes beyond animal welfare.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Baumgarten, A. (1968/1735). Filosofiske betragtninger over digtet [Meditationes philosophicae de nonnullis ad poema pertinentibus]. Copenhagen: Arena.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baumgarten, A. (1750/1992). Aesthetica. Aarhus: Agora.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bourriaud, N. (2005). Relationel æstetik. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl, M. & Meyer, B. (2014). One among many: The iPad in shifting material cultures of learning. In R. Ørngreen & K. Levinsen (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on E-learning ECEL 2014. (172 – 179). Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl, M. & Ejsing-Duun, S. (2013). En tegning af æstetik. Tidsskrift for Boerne- og Ungdomskultur 57, p. 51 – 68.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl, M. (2012). On self-regulation and laughter: The university scholar’s virtual body in video streamed communication practices. In J. Bilstein & M. Brumlik (eds.), Die Bildung des Körpers. (p. 132 – 140). Weinheim und Basel: Juventa Verlag.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl & Flensborg (2011). Visuel Kulturpædagogik. Copenhagen: Hans Reitzel Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl, M. (2009). Virtuelle kroppe og didaktiske potentialer. Cursiv. 4, 67 – 83.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buhl, M. (2004). Visual culture as a strategy of reflection in education. Nordisk Pedagogik, Vol. 24 (4), p. 277 – 293.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duncum, P. (2010). The promiscuity of aesthetics. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education. 30, p. 16 – 22.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ejsing-Duun, S. & Buhl, M. (2017). Social aesthetics: Systems of interaction as structures for negotiation and development of aesthetics. Leonardo Electronic Almanac Cybernetics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ejsing-Duun, S. (2011). Location-based games: From screen to street. Ph. D. dissertation. Copenhagen: Aalborg University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Latour, B. (1999). Pandora’s Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Latour, B. (1993). We have never been modern. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Luhmann, N. (2000). Sociale systemer. Copenhagen: Hans Reitzel Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mirzoeff, N. (2000). An Introduction to Visual Culture. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mitchell, W. J. T. (2002). Showing seeing: A critique of visual culture. Journal of Visual Culture 4 (2) p. 256 – 266.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pauwels, L. (2010). Visual sociology reframed: An analytical synthesis and discussion of visual methods in social and cultural research. In Sociological Methods & Research 38, p. 545 – 581.

    Google Scholar 

  • Quist Henkel, A. & Nissen, A. (2013). Det kommer mere ind og kører rundt. In Bevægende børnelitteratur. Copenhagen: Kommunernes Skolebiblioteksforening, Report, p. 38 – 42.

    Google Scholar 

  • de Souza e Silva, A. (2006). From cyber to hybrid: Mobile technologies as interfaces of hybrid spaces. Space and Culture 9 (3), p. 261 – 278.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tavin, K. (2007). Eyes wide shut: The use and the uselessness of the discourse of aesthetics. In art education. Art Education 60 (2), p. 40 – 45.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wulf, Ch. (2013) Anthropology: A Continental Perspective. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Dänemark

    Mie Buhl

Authors
  1. Mie Buhl
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Fachbereich Pädagogik, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Johannes Bilstein

  2. FB 1 Bildungswiss IfGP, Universität Koblenz Landau, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

    Kristin Westphal

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Buhl, M. (2018). The “animalized humans” – the reformulated body. In: Bilstein, J., Westphal, K. (eds) Tiere - Pädagogisch-anthropologische Reflexionen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13787-8_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13787-8_14

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer VS, Wiesbaden

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-658-13786-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-658-13787-8

  • eBook Packages: Social Science and Law (German Language)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation