Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. / Vita. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2005. / "Submitted to Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 238-243)

Thesis (PhD (Veterinary Physiology))-University of Pretoria, 1999.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2010. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 154 p. Includes abstract.

Defined by the excess of abstracted production, the exploitation of natural resources and the continued impoverishment of the excluded, the Anthropocene is both a narcissistic prophecy of doom and a call to examine the roots of the environmental crisis. Against the death of "the human" in the contemporary theory unveils the violence of a global healthcare crisis, the persistence of illness, pain and pollution as the dominant sensory and political regimes, as well as the desire to become post-and trans-human, and to do justice to the plight of nonhumans under the reign of the anthropos. While the era interpellates the whole species as its subject, the continual presence of racism, colonialism and capitalism points to the specific roots of climate change, environmental pollution, and interspecies violence. As such, both realist and activist approaches should consider the inclusion of the nonhuman into the political as the a priori condition of resistance or change. In this dissertation, I face up to this proposal, seeking to include nonhumans into the political and ethical sphere. In dialogue with animism, feminist materialism as well as decolonial and critical theory, I consider artistic and activist practices as communal, adaptive and programmatic. Rather than relying on a set of frameworks or the oeuvre of a thinker, I theorise the framework of "animorphism," which accounts for activist art that does not present us with ideas and representations of nonhumans as damaged and vulnerable persons, but lets them manifest as such. Animorphic art practice lends a new visibility to small and slow violences that might otherwise seem imperceptible within the grand narrative of the Anthropocene. Rather than testifying to the changing nature of our global species-being, these practices are a form of tactical and geo-ontological activism, which unravels the world in a futurist gesture. Against the dominant trends in post-humanist theory and environmental ethics, I criticize theorising nonhumans as "agency," "matter" or "flow," instead arguing for a personalization of those often excluded by "green" art and activism. This is not a purely aesthetic coalescence but an assertion of animorphism's suitability for developing adaptive practices in nonhuman communities in an era that necessitates and arises from damage, toxicity, predation and violence. The framework of animorphism pays attention to this condition and its resulting community. As such, its progressivism is no less than taking-into-account of the excluded. Through a theoretical inquiry as well as detailed case study analysis, I examine the practices of artists who intervene as designers, engineers and climate activists in order to resist the literal figurations of the anthropos but nevertheless remain attuned to the specificity of those, who struggle under the apocalyptic conditions of the world

Previous research into people's perceptions of animals suggests that people view animals most favorably when they perceive them as being mentally like humans. This thesis examined whether animals perceived as threatening are still seen to be mentally similar to humans, but more likely to experience mental states associated with anger and aggression. Using three separate measures of people's perceptions of animals, including one designed for this study, it was found that participants did indeed view the mental lives of animals differently when those animals were perceived to be threatening. Examination of the effect of the animal chosen showed that some animals are inherently seen as more threatening and less-human like. The implications of these findings for animal conservation efforts, reduction of human-animal conflict, and anthropomorphism in the study of animal cognition were discussed. / by Lauren N. Maurer. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 200?. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

張惠文. / "2011年2月". / "2011 nian 2 yue". / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68). / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Zhang Huiwen. / Chapter (一） --- 引 言 --- p.1 / Chapter (二） --- 古代中國動物畫 --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- 被觀賞者與觀賞者的關係 --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- 動物作爲人的陪伴和工具 --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- 寄情寓意的媒介 --- p.16 / Chapter (三） --- 二十世紀至當代中國動物畫 --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- 承接傳統，在技巧上創新 --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- 政治愛國的投射 --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- 當代畫家的動物世界 / Chapter i. --- 人類與歷史文明、自然關係的失落 --- p.37 / Chapter ii. --- 個人欲望投射 --- p.40 / Chapter iii. --- 保育的對象 --- p.43 / Chapter iv. --- 寵物的關係 --- p.46 / Chapter (四） --- 結論 --- p.48 / Chapter (五) --- 個人作品分析 / Chapter 5.1 --- 動物家庭系列 --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2 --- 《皮草秀》系列 --- p.51 / Chapter 5.3 --- 《京城棉花糖》系列 --- p.54 / Chapter 5.4 --- 《給我一杯水》系列 --- p.60 / Chapter 5.5 --- 反思和展望 --- p.63 / 參考書目 --- p.64

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-110). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (D. Phil.(MW)--University of Pretoria, 2001. / Includes Bibliographical references (p. 360-391).

This thesis follows and examines the lives of people in Atlanta, Georgia who own and advocate for the controversial group of dog breeds and mixed breeds known as “pit bulls.” The greater meaning of pit bulls within the United States is also considered from a historical and anthropological lens. This thesis uses pit bulls as a medium to explore issues of race, gender, and stigma in the United States and to consider how pit bull owners and activists use their understanding of the public around them to change ideas surrounding their dogs.