CYBERCULTURES

Undergraduate

This course examines how cyberspace in its various guises (e.g., web pages, virtual communities) and its associated technologies create numerous and often conflicting identities while shaping and being shaped by local and global cultural forces. It provides students with the opportunity to reflect critically upon, and engage with, the symbolic meanings and social effects of cyberspace. The course examines recent anthropological theories of technology and looks at the impact of social organization and cultural practices of communities around the world and on the identities of individuals within those different cultural contexts. Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4020. PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4020 see Diversity and Social Justice Studies prerequisites Three hours a week