Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

ANTH 447 - MODERN ETHNOGRAPHY

Long Title:
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: MODERN ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF MODERNITY ***** The course explores the strategies of representation, the methodologies, and the diagnostic categories to which anthropologists have resorted in coming to terms with such phenomena as rationalization, economic and informational globalization, and the commodification of culture. ***** Instructor(s): Faubion.