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ANTH 3180 Visual Anthropology
(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as ANTHR 41.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)
3 hours lecture; 2 hours laboratory; 4 credits
Anthropological study of visual arts in cultural contexts including historical and contemporary use of visual media by anthropologists; conceptions of art and aesthetics in other cultures; various approaches to the study of the arts: functional, psychological, symbolic, structural; theory of ethnographic film; challenges of cross-cultural representation in colonial and post-colonial contexts; concepts of objectivity and realism. Includes lectures and some practical work with visual media. Prerequisite: Anthropology *1000 or 2100 or 1100 or 1200 or 1300 or 1400 or a Pathways required or flexible core course or permission of the chairperson.
Prerequisite: Anthropology *1000 or 2100 or 1100 or 1105 or 1300 or permission of the chairperson.
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