Winter 2020
Meeting:
MW 3:30pm - 5:20pm / MGH 241
SLN:
10404
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
ANTH 236 A
Instructor:
Catalog Description:
Things are everywhere. We make them and they also make us. Things are evocative, aesthetic, and unnerving. They define us. We need them to communicate, to remember, to govern. But things need us too. This course is an introduction to the study of things, architecture, and so on from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics such as identity, memory, commodities/gifts, cognition, and agency are explored through the analysis of the material world. Offered: jointly with ANTH 236.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 1, 2024 - 3:08 pm