Scott Legge

Depictions of Primates in Fiction Pre- and Post-Origin of Species part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM SAIL:2012 Seminar:Curricular Projects
Students are asked to choose two pieces of fiction that depict or describe interactions between humans and non-human primates. The main limiting factor in their choices is that one of the works should be pre-1859 and the other should be post-1859, representing works from before and after Charles Darwin published On The Origin of Species. It is really meant as a starting point for a discussion of historic perceptions of the relationship between humans and the natural world and how those perceptions would have shaped reactions to Darwin's work. The expected learning outcomes include placing the discussion of human's place in nature in historical context and providing the students with a comfortable and interesting starting place for the more theoretically challenging discussions to come.

Scott Legge part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM SAIL:2012 Seminar:Participant Pages
Participant profile page for Scott Legge, a biological anthropologist from Macalester College, featuring his research on human and non-human primate skeletal morphology, museum collections, public perception of primates, and teaching experience in anthropology and evolutionary studies as part of the ACM SAIL 2012 Seminar.

Team Profile: Macalester College part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM SAIL:2012 Seminar:Participant Pages
Participant page detailing Macalester College's interdisciplinary team—comprising faculty from literature, anthropology, and neuroscience—engaged in the 2012 ACM SAIL seminar on "Considering Animals," outlining their collaborative background, curriculum development plans for an animal studies course cluster, and goals for integrating cross-disciplinary perspectives into liberal arts education.