ARCHAEOLOGY 210 - learning from things:Material Culture studies

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Rhodes College

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Spring. Credits: 4. While we are symbol users and inhabitants of imagined worlds, we are also tool makers whose hands are "dirtied" in manipulating the world. This course will focus attention on of our "materiality" and our engagement with the material world. Examples of material culture studies will be drawn from such disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, geography, history, art history, folklore, popular culture, architecture, and museum studies. Material culture studies, while a rich source of information is also a challenging arena for the study of individuals, societies and cultures because objects neither "speak" unambiguously nor directly to us. Students will come to appreciate how astute observation underpinned by theoretical acumen and the clever framing of questions can allow us to "learn from things." This course is cross-listed as Anthropology/Sociolog

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rhodes.edu

Phone Number:

(901) 843-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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