Anthropology of Communication

(2 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course studies and applies key concepts of linguistic anthropology as studied by people like Dell Hymes and Edward T. Hall and the University of Chicago. The course has lectures (CMs) and discussion sections (TDs) where we have learned about proxemics and cultural dimensions related to human communication. The course is evaluated through a midterm (taken in March) and a final research dossier, where me and two other group mates assume the position of ethnographers and analysts to present findings on a community of our choosing. We have selected the local train station as our object of study and meet with our discussion group where we present our progress on the project since our last meeting time. The grading scale is out of 20 points, as is the case for the french schooling system.