Anthropology (ANTH)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
ANTH 3550 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Visual Anthropology
Examination of the anthropological experience as reflected in film/video and still photography. A number of problems are considered, including selectivity, bias, the effect of the observer's presence, and problems in reconstructing past events in film. Issues of media-literacy will be examined.
Precludes additional credit for
ANTH 3107.
Prerequisites:
ANTH 1001 and
ANTH 1002, or
ANTH 1003 [1.0], or
SOCI 1001 and
SOCI 1002, or
SOCI 1003 [1.0], and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.