AHIS 296 - Visual Anthropology

Institution:

Trinity College

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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 explored 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." 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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