ANTH 4550
Special Topics in Visual Anthropology
Anthropological approaches to the study of visual cultures, visuality, and the role of visual media in ethnography. Topics may include film, photography, illustration, comics and graphic novels, animation, visual performance, multimodal approaches, digital modes and other visual media that challenge the primacy of textual representations.
Topics
- film
- photography
- illustration
- comics and graphic novels
- animation
- visual performance
- multimodal approaches
Course catalogue
2017
Readings
- Ruby, Jay, Picturing Culture: Explorations of Film and Anthropology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, (August) 2000. Note: the book has been ordered from the Bookstore at Carleton.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5005 , for which additional credit is precluded. Seminar three hours a week.