| 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 |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: ANTHR-105. | Take previously   | Required   |
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| 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.   |