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Film In The Classroom: Toward A More Effective Pedagogy, Jonathan Godwin
Film In The Classroom: Toward A More Effective Pedagogy, Jonathan Godwin
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The postmodern critique has effectively called on anthropologists to reevaluate ethnographic authority when representing others. However, what is often found lacking in this criticism is an exploration of the ways in which audiences interpret anthropological knowledge. One crucial area that can be easily researched is audience reception of film in introductory anthropology classes. As professors of anthropology increasingly rely on film for illustrating anthropological concepts, we must have an understanding of how this medium is interpreted by student audiences. Film's ability to convey complex information without additional contextualization has yet to be substantiated and previous research has indicated that visual …
Falun Gong In The United States: An Ethnographic Study, Noah Porter
Falun Gong In The United States: An Ethnographic Study, Noah Porter
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, has been described in many ways. It has been called qigong, one of many schools of physical exercises that aim at improving health and developing "supernatural abilities". Scholars and mainstream media have referred it to as a "spiritual movement" or religion, although practitioners claim it is not a religion. It has been called a cult, in the pejorative sense rather than in a sociological context, by the Chinese government and by some Western critics. In the writings of Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, it is referred to in different ways, …