Spring 2011

Visual Anthropology

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-41

Faculty

Debbora Battaglia (Section 01)

Description

This course will explore and evaluate various visual genres, including photography, ethnographic film and museum presentation as modes of anthropological analysis--as media of communication facilitating cross-cultural understanding. Among the topics to be examined are the ethics of observation, the politics of artifact collection and display, the dilemma of representing non-Western “others” through Western media, and the challenge of interpreting indigenously produced visual depictions of “self” and “other.”

Limited to 12 students. Spring Semester. Professor Battaglia.

ANTH 41 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM BARR 105

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2021, Spring 2022