Carleton University · ANTH 4550

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.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5005 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language

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.

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5005 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.

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