Hi Henrik, Perhaps I would use this documentary review in The Guardian before exposing the students to the complex and raw issues presented in the documentary:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/29/faroes-whale-hunts-the-islands-and-the-whales-mike-day https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/15/horror-at-the-faroes-dolphin-slaughter-is-only-human-but-it-risks-hypocrisy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/17/faroes-pm-pledges-dolphin-hunt-review-amid-outcry-at-carnage I am the 176,927th person to sign the petition, and my great-grandfather was born in Streymoy. Best wishes, Georgette We all have a variety of understandings and thresholds for the degrees of sentience of life forms. There is also a quite evolved plant sentience in spite of their greater invisibility and lesser charisma (than the one we grant to the dolphins and whales). Every life form is witnessing our (as human beings) 'criminal' acts as individuals and collectivities on a daily basis for millennia, in the name of survival or tradition or other human values. Perhaps we could start our dialogue with students on the above issues, with animal and plant sentience as presented by Eduardo Kohn in “How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human”? https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520956865/html Georgette Matthews PhD Candidate, International Relations & Casual Academic Physics, University of Sydney [email protected] On Fri, 24 Sept 2021 at 11:24, Selin, Henrik <[email protected]> wrote: > And if you do, this documentary can also add to class discussions: > > https://theislandsandthewhales.com/about > > Henrik > >> On Sep 23, 2021, at 8:24 PM, HARRIS, Paul [SSC] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear GEP-Ed Colleagues, >> >> If your teaching involves discussion of whale and dolphin "hunting" in the >> Faroe Islands, this "Open letter to Faroe Islanders" may be useful for >> classroom discussion/debate: >> >> https://blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/2021/09/23/open-letter-to-faroe-islanders-please-stop-the-slaughter-of-whales-and-dolphins/?utm_source=sendfox&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=open-letter-to-faroe-islanders-please-stop-the-slaughter-of-whales-and-dolphins >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Paul >> >> NOTICE: The Hong Kong 'national security law' is in effect globally. Anyone >> suspected of violating the law is subject to arrest and imprisonment in Hong >> Kong without the right to bail or trial by jury. Do not send any messages to >> me that criticize China, the Chinese government or its officials, the >> Chinese Communist Party, the Hong Kong government or its officials. Do not >> express any views regarding Chinese sovereignty or control over any >> territory, and do not comment on human rights or freedoms in any territory >> that is part of China, controlled by China or claimed by China. If in doubt >> about whether your message might violate the law, do not send it to me. >> >> PAUL G. HARRIS >> Chair Professor of Global & Environmental Studies >> EdUHK >> www.paulgharris.net >> <Outlook-zupcgwcy.jpg> >> <Outlook-3aefvwlj.jpg> >> >> NOW IN PAPERBACK: >> <Outlook-to02fqoe.jpg> >> >> AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER: >> <Outlook-vjy2uurm.jpg> >> >> 25 books on global environmental politics, policy, and justice here. >> 100+ articles and chapters here. >> <Outlook-z2xmycyh.png> >> >> ©2021 This email, its contents and attachments are subject to copyright >> protections. All rights reserved. This email, its contents and attachments >> are proprietary and private. The information transmitted is intended only >> for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >> confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, >> dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any >> action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than >> the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the >> sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the >> sender and delete the material from any computer. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/TYCP286MB131632BB6BD664DED337B24AC3A49%40TYCP286MB1316.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/1E1D72BD-F0F8-4D5E-8CC7-93FE5833DD61%40bu.edu. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/EE2087BD-AE9A-4BAB-840A-2937AF48C63F%40gmail.com.
