Visual and Digital Anthropology

Using film, photography and digital media to research and represent culture.

ANTH-430 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Anthropology

Course content

  1. 1Seeing cultureComing
  2. 2A history of ethnographic filmComing
  3. 3Photography in anthropologyComing
  4. 4Ethics of image makingComing
  5. 5Collaborative and participatory mediaComing
  6. 6Indigenous mediaComing
  7. 7Digital ethnographyComing
  8. 8Social media as a field siteComing
  9. 9Data, algorithms and cultureComing
  10. 10Museums and digital collectionsComing
  11. 11Making a short ethnographic filmComing
  12. 12Presenting research visuallyComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Using film, photography and digital media to research and represent culture.

Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 4.