? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : SPS-P-SAAP

This course focuses on an exploration of the use of still photography in anthropology with a particular emphasis on ethnographic image and its meaning in the discipline and within the wider public discourse on culture and power.

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Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

By the end of the course, students will be expected to demonstrate:
- an understanding of anthropological theories in relation to visual culture
- an ability to analyse photographic images in reference both to content and context
- an understanding of the uses the discipline has made of still photography throughout its development
- an understanding of how ethnographic images might be evaluated as illustration, evidence and commentary

(i) 1 long essay (4000 words) worth 80% of the available marks
(ii) 1 short written assignment (max. 1500 words) worth 20% of the available marks

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Sue Grant
Tel : (0131 6)51 1777
Email : sue.grant@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Jeanne Cannizzo
Tel : (0131 6)50 6860
Email : J.E.Cannizzo@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/