Spring 2017 Freshman Seminar: Dogs & Their Humans

Dog drawings by Monica Souza, Tomomi Yoshida, Sam Elwood, and Nicholas Leonce. Excerpts from texts by Sam Elwood and Finn Duffy. Song is “Old Blue.” Singer is Dave Van Ronk. Video by Gerst.

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Writes Professor Norrie Epstein:

The dog is a product of intelligent design, only the intelligence is human rather than divine. Today’s breeds are cultural artifacts, products of aesthetic choices. For a final project, students designed their own ideal dog breed. There was one caveat: it had be grounded in reality. Thus, no flying or talking dogs!