ANTH404

Jointly offered with: ANTH604. Credit only granted for: ANTH404 or ANTH604. The social lives, or 'cultures' of media will be examined: namely, how people have adopted, adapted, signified, and interacted through media - both in theory and in practice. In this seminar, students will learn about 'media anthropology' as a subfield. They will also discuss various media making practices and media forms in relation to issues of racial, gender and sexual identity; self-definition; religiosity; war and intergroup conflict; advertising; and nationalism among others.