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1.00 Credits
This course examines how film and video are used in ethnography as tools for study and as means of ethnographic documentary and representation. Topics covered include history and theory of visual anthropology, issues of representation and audience, indigenous film, and contemporary ethnographic approaches to popular media. Ms. Cohen. Prerequisite: previous coursework in Anthropology or Film or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute class periods, plus 3-hour preview lab. Alternate years: Not offered in 2008/09.
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1.00 Credits
The Anthropology of Art explores the practices of producing and interpreting art. The course moves from classic analyses of the form and function of art in the work of Franz Boas, through ethnoaesthetics, to the developing world market in the art objects traditionally studied by anthropologists. Among the topics explored in the course are connoisseurship and taste, authenticity, "primitive art," and the ethnographic museum. Ms. Goldstein.Prerequisite: previous coursework in Anthropology or by permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
(Same as Media Studies 266) As audiovisual and digital media technologies proliferate and become more accessible globally, they become important tools for indigenous peoples and activist groups in struggles for recognition and self-determination, for articulating community concerns and for furthering social and political transformations. This course explores the media practices of indigenous peoples and activist groups, and through this exploration achieves a more nuanced and intricate understanding of the relation of the local to the global. In addition to looking at the films, videos, radio and television productions, and internet interventions of indigenous media makers and activists around the world, the course looks at oppositional practices employed in the consumption and distribution of media. Course readings are augmented by weekly screenings and demonstrations of media studied, and students explore key theoretical concepts through their own interventions, making use of audiovisual and digital technologies. Ms. Cohen. Alternate years: offered in 2008/09.
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1.00 Credits
(Same as American Culture and Environmental Studies 283). Ms. Johnson.
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1.00 Credits
(Same as Asian Studies 285) Using the theories and methods of anthropological archaeology this course reviews the major themes of research in the prehistory of East Asia and Australia. It outlines the evolution of human ancestors and their colonization of these geographic regions. It critically examines the significance of the coincident appearance of anatomically modern humans with the emergence of art, ritual, and language. It presents evidence for highly complex hunter-gatherer social systems across Eurasia and Australasia, followed by the expansion of economies based on domesticated plants and animals. Subsistence economy, trade, settlement strategies, technology, social organization, and symbolic behavior are emphasized throughout the course. Ms. Pike-Tay.
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3.00 Credits
Individual or group field projects or internships. May be elected during the college year or during the summer. Open to all students. The department.
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12.00 Credits
Ms. Johnson.
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3.00 Credits
Individual or group project of reading or research. May be elected during the college year or during the summer. The department.
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1.00 Credits
The department.
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1.00 Credits
A close examination of current theory in anthropology, oriented around a topic of general interest, such as history and anthropology, the writing of ethnography, or the theory of practice. Students write a substantial paper applying one or more of the theories discussed in class. Readings change from year to year. Ms. Goldstein.
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