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ANTH 323. Anthropology and Photography


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 012110 Grading Basis GRD (C)

This course explores the anthropological use of photographic data for the description, analysis, communication and interpretation of human behavior. Topics include phenomenological, cross-cultural and historical understanding of still photography; the social life of photographs; visual cultural production and the consumption of photographs; and still photography after colonialism, globalization, and postmodernity.