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Aug 31, 2024
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ANTH 216 - Cultures Through Film Credits: 3 Description An exploration of societies, cultures and cultural anthropology through film. Ethnographic and documentary films are shown.
Student Learning Outcomes Define the concept of culture, cultural relativism, and ethnocentrism.
- Define the anthropological concepts examined such as, but not limited to kinship, marriage, religion, ritual, politics, political organization, symbolic systems, language, law, race, ethnicity, colonialism, culture change, etc.
- Discuss film as a medium for exploring representational issues and cross-cultural understanding.
- Discuss the role of film in anthropological fieldwork and anthropological understanding.
- Discuss gender (or sex) roles in the societies considered.
- Describe the cultures portrayed in the films.
- Discuss similarities and differences between the cultures shown in the films.
- Identify cultural symbols embodied in the films and discuss their import.
- Discuss the aims and perspectives of cultural anthropology.
Prerequisite: None Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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