ANTHRO 1875 - Moving Pictures: An Anthropology of Images

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Most people today live in an environment awash with images in motion. This course explores, from an anthropological point of view, the implications of this media-saturated environment in a range of ethnographic and historical contexts. Issues to be addressed include: technologies and mediation; global and subglobal circuits of transmission; the nature of image-based publics and publicity; media temporalities; visibility, visualization and surveillance.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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