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CDM 8285 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION

GENERAL INFORMATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION

LEVEL OF STUDY: UNDERGRADUATE

COURSE UNIT CODE: CDM 8285

SEMESTER: 8th

COURSE TITLE: VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION  

TEACHING WEEKLY HOURS: 3 H/W LECTURES

ECTS: 5

COURSE TYPE: CORE ELECTIVE

TEACHING AND EXAM LANGUAGE: GREEK

COURSE DELIVERY TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: YES (in English)

The students come into contact with the perspective of anthropology in relation to various aspects of human behavior through the visual medium. The methods of visual anthropology are utilized in the research and teaching of human and cultural expression, interaction and communication.

Upon successful completion of the course the students: 

  • will have acquired knowledge in the field of "Visual Anthropology" and will recognize the ways of using visual material in the anthropology of communication. 
  • will be able to analyze and research social issues through visual stimuli. 
  • will have discovered new and creative ways of presenting and utilizing visual ethnographic data as a means of communication. 
  • will discover best practices to interpret human behavior across cultural and social boundaries. 
  • will be able to use visual anthropology as a method of analyzing diverse aspects of human otherness in all its forms (racial, ethnic, ethnic, religious, ability / disability, etc.).