Section Info: FMT-230AM-01

Course Title: Intermediate Courses in History and Theory: 'Anthropology of Media'
Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Description: This course critically examines how media make a difference in diverse peoples' lives. How are media produced, circulated, and consumed? Together, we will explore the material forms through which subjectivities, collectivities, and histories are produced; and the social practices of constructing and contesting national identities, forging alternative political visions, transforming religious practice, and producing new relationships. In this 21st century, media are not just indispensable to what is known, but also, to how we know. Case studies will include film, TV, photography, art, archives, journalism, and digital platforms; ethnographic examples will be drawn from around the world.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Sabra Thorner             sthorner@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   11:30AM - 12:45PM   SKNR - Skinner Hall   216   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: ANTHR-105. Take previously   Required  

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Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
NXJRN0001   NXJRN: Nexus in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse   This course is approved for the Journalism, Media, & Public Discourse Nexus track.  

Cross-listed Sections        
ANTHR-221-01 Anthropology of Media  
FMT-230AM-01 Anthropology of Media  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 20     Enrollment: 20     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.