ANTH226

This course looks at the development of ethnographic film from an anthropological lens and from international perspectives. Starting with the advent of the documentary and concluding with ethnographic new media, we will investigate how, why, and to what end film has been used as a tool by anthropologists and the communities that they work with to expand discussions about the modern world. Topics include filmmaking as a methodology for social scientists, the connections between ethnographic film and self-determination efforts in minority communities, and critical examinations of media making practices, onscreen and off, and the global impact these factors have had.