Representation in the study of culture. Explore
and evaluate different genres of visual
representation, including museums, theme parks,
films, television, and photographic exhibitions as
modes of anthropological analysis. Topics include
the ethics of observation, the politics of
artifact collection and display, the dilemmas of
tourism, the role of consumption in constructing
visual meaning, and the challenge of interpreting
indigenously produced visual depictions of self
and other.
and evaluate different genres of visual
representation, including museums, theme parks,
films, television, and photographic exhibitions as
modes of anthropological analysis. Topics include
the ethics of observation, the politics of
artifact collection and display, the dilemmas of
tourism, the role of consumption in constructing
visual meaning, and the challenge of interpreting
indigenously produced visual depictions of self
and other.
- Teacher: Kabir Heimsath