ANTH 569 A: Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology

Spring 2026
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Meeting:
MW 1:30pm - 3:20pm
SLN:
10331
Section Type:
Lecture
SPECIAL TOPICS: VISUALITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. EXPLORES COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THEMES OF NATIONHOOD, IDEOLOGY, MEMORY, SEXUALITY, AND THE BODY THROUGH FILMS, ART, MIXED MEDIA, AND READINGS ON VISUAL PRACTICE.
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ANTH 569: Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology

"Visuality in and out of Southeast Asia"

 

Prof. Jenna Grant

jmgrant@uw.edu

 

Course description

What can we learn about Southeast Asia through examination of imagery and visual practice? What can photography, film, art, and mixed media, in and out of Southeast Asia, teach us about colonial, post- and de-colonial modernity? In this course, we watch films and read work about visual practices that enable different understandings of nationhood, political economic ideology and activism, memory and exile, sexuality, race, and the body. It is motivated by the premise that images are crucial to how we know, make, and live in the world. The course cultivates critical visual skills through exercises of working with images as arguments and interventions.

 

Grading and Evaluation

In-class discussion                                         10%

‘Bring your image’ reading responses           20%

Leading discussion                                         10%

Conference paper/creative academic project 60%

 

Catalog Description:
Delineation and analysis of a specific topic or set of related topics in sociocultural anthropology.
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
March 10, 2026 - 9:22 am