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21720-01 - Seminar: Rethinking Visual Anthropology (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2009 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Till Förster (till.foerster@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Visual anthropology is perhaps the most attractive sub discipline of social and cultural anthropology. It also looks back at a history that is nearly as long as that of anthropology itself. Already at the end of the 19th century when the first chairs of anthropology were established, ethnographers started to document what was then called primitive life by photos and later by film. The footage that came out of these first encounters soon proved to be much more than a neutral depiction of the pure life of others. Ethnographic film making soon became the more or less conscious construction of narratives about other cultures, rendering them accessible to a wider, mainly Western audience, and at the same time creating an image that often was more dominant than what has been described in other media. This construction has a history that mirrors as much the factual life of others as our own understanding of it. This seminar starts with a presentation of ethnographic photography and then follows the history of visual anthropology from the late 19th century through the present day. It aims at a better comprehension of how the construction of others cultures through visual media shaped our understanding of it. It thus tries to deconstruct the narratives that informed and still inform visual anthropology. The students will be introduced to a sequence of influential ethnographic films and to some feature films that borrow tropes from visual anthropology. Every student is expected to comment on one of the films that will be screened and to write a short handout on how the respective films have been received in the public. The concluding sequence is dedicated to visual representations of others in new media as the internet. |
| Lernziele | Knowledge about the history of visual anthropology as a subfield of anthropology. A better understanding of how the life of others is constructed in visual media. |
| Literatur | Grimshaw, Anna, The Ethnographers Eye: Ways of Seeing in Modern Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Heider, Karl G, Ethnographic Film (Revised Edition). Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Ruby, Jay, Picturing Culture: Essays on Film and Anthropology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. |
| Bemerkungen | Students can write full seminar papers of 20 to 25 pages to acquire 5 additional credits. Full papers are due by June 30, 2009. |
| Weblink | http://www.unibas-ethno.ch/studium/lehrv |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | BA in the social sciences and/or humanities. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration required, limited to 40 participants. Vorbesprechung: Friday, December 19, 2009, 12:00 a.m., Seminarraum, Ethnologisches Seminar |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Gesellschaft und Politik 2 (Bachelor Studienfach: Medienwissenschaft) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Every student is expected to comment on one of the films that will be screened and to write a short handout of 2 pages. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Ethnologisches Seminar |