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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Anthropology

136-275/375 Exploring Culture Through Film

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr E. D. Lewis

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two hours of lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week. Film screenings may require up to two additional hours attendance per week

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should:

  • have acquired a basic knowledge of the utility of film in ethnographic research and the history of ethnographic film.

  • . have an understanding of the relationship of ethnography to the media in which it is composed.

  • . have acquired a knowledge of the theory, methods, and major empirical results of visual anthropology.

  • . have examined critically problems of text and representation in ethnography.

Content:

An introduction to visual anthropology requiring critical reading of texts on the theory and methods of ethnographic film making and the analysis of a selected corpus of historical and contemporary ethnographic films which will be screened during the semester.

Assessment:

(1) A requirement for this subject is that students keep a journal of notes about the weekly anthropological films. Students may nominate their four best entries for assessment (2000 words), (40%). (2) One 2000 word essay on the theory of ethnographic film making in relation to a corpus of films on a particular culture or culture complex (40%). (3) Take-home examination equivalent to one hour (20%).
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