Carleton University · ANTH 5005

Special Topics in Visual Anthropology

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Anthropological approaches to the study of visual cultures, visuality, and the role of visual media in ethnography. Topics may include film, photography, illustration, comics and graphic novels, animation, visual performance, multimodal approaches, digital modes and other visual media that challenge the primacy of textual representations.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 4550 , for which additional credit is precluded.
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Anthropological approaches to the study of visual cultures, visuality, and the role of visual media in ethnography. Topics may include film, photography, illustration, comics and graphic novels, animation, visual performance, multimodal approaches, digital modes and other visual media that challenge the primacy of textual representations.

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 4550 , for which additional credit is precluded.

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