Why Look at Animals (Still)?

About This Event

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, 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?

Featured Guests

• Emily Tronetti, Canisius College

Co-sponsors

• RIT Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• RIT Department of Science, Technology, and Society