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Sensory Ethnography 1
AFVS 158AR

Jointly Offered with: Faculty of Arts & Sciences as ANTHRO 1836AR

Course Information

Description

An introduction to “sensory ethnography,” a media practice that seeks to rejuvenate and innovate in visual anthropology, cinema, and art.  Students will learn to record and edit video and audio to produce original media works about embodied experience, culture, ecology, political-economy, and history. This is a year-long course that supports students' independent projects through the summer and the following semester.

Course Notes

Students must also be enrolled in AFVS 158BR, Sensory Ethnography 2. No previous studio experience necessary.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Studio
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Course Requirements Anti- requisite: Cannot be taken for credit if ANTHRO 1836AR already complete or in progress.
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Arts and Humanities
Course Level For Undergraduate and Graduate Students