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Anthropology 106: Culture Through Film Spring 2015 Course Materials, Katie Kirakosian, Virginia Mclaurin, Cary Speck
Anthropology 106: Culture Through Film Spring 2015 Course Materials, Katie Kirakosian, Virginia Mclaurin, Cary Speck
Katie Kirakosian
This packet contains course materials for the University of Massachusetts Amherst class ANT 106: Culture through Film. This 100-level Cultural Anthropology class was recently redeveloped through a 2014 UMass Open Education Initiative grant and is designed to experientially engage students in the learning process without requiring the purchase of textbooks, software, or any other course materials on their part. Through discussion of paired readings and films, students explore the basic tenets of anthropological theory and analyze the cultural construction of race, class, gender, and other social categories. In addition to completing a series of papers, in-class activities and weekly quizzes, …