Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-241 | Film and Media Studies, as FAMS-378
Formerly listed as: ANTH-41
Deborah B. Gewertz (Section 01)
(Offered as ANTH 241 and FAMS 378.) 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 30 students. Spring semester. Professor Gewertz.
Section 01
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM WEBS 217
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM WEBS 217
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain | University of California Press | Ginsburg, Faye and Abu-Lughod, Lila | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| On Photography | Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York | Sontag, Susan | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.