Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

In this free course, Why are nonhumananimals victims of harm? you will investigate why nonhuman animals tend to be overlooked as victims of violence. The course explores some of the social processes and structures that victimise other animals, such as ‘livestock’ farming. The course also highlights some of the environmental harms related to ‘livestock’ farming. You will learn about how harms are perpetuated by language and imagery, as well as how language and imagery can be used to oppose and resist harms against nonhuman animals.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD311 Crime, harm and the stateContent warningStudy in the social sciences – and criminology in particular – inevitably touches on sensitive and emotive topics that may be difficult and upsetting. This course explores harms against nonhuman animals that you may find difficult to work with, including images of nonhuman animals in confinement.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Language, imagery and the animal turn
• 1 Language, imagery and the animal turn
• 2 Nonhuman victims of harm
• 2 Nonhuman victims of harm
• 2.1 ‘Livestock’ farming, fishing and social harm
• 2.2 Collateral social harm
• 2.3 ‘Livestock’ farming and environmental harm
• 3 The animal–industrial complex
• 3 The animal–industrial complex
• 4 Sticks and stones? Power-knowledge, discourse and harm
• 4 Sticks and stones? Power-knowledge, discourse and harm
• 4.1 Power-knowledge and the ‘disciplining’ of other animals
• 4.2 Discourse and resistance
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements