MEDIA AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Undergraduate

How do objects mediate and transform culturally specific understandings of the world? How do media shape communication and what kinds of utterances belong to which media? This course offers a critical perspective on different forms of media produced, distributed, and consumed in a variety of contexts and locales. We will also consider how media are shaped by—but also constitutive of—the physical and virtual infrastructures, across human and non-human environments. We will reflect on how digital infrastructures shape aesthetics and social interactions through audio-visual effects and Internet connectivity, whether you live in urban India, Vietnam’s highlands, or rural Canada. PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. Three hours a week