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Marburg, Germany - Course Descriptions - Anthropology of the Senses
Course Information
| Subject: |
Anthropology (ANT) |
| Number: |
300/400 Level |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
Contact Hours and Credits
Semester Session: 48 contact hours, 3 semester credits
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Full Description
What we se is not what it is, but our interpretation of the world. So how do we interpret, validate and describe the things we see? Do we realize the senses beside our seeing? In Anthropology, no matter how much the observer is included in the ethnic group described, the description always includes the perspective of the writer, an interpretation of the happening. The anthropological museum, showing objects of diverse ethnic groups, is doing the same thing: interpreting the world and showing a special perspective.
The seminar shows how little we pay tension to these facts and helps to realize how much the anthropologist is able to sense. Cultural, sexual, and educational differences in sensing and interpreting the world (colours, materials, feelings, smells etc.) and the variety of presenting them to others are the main topic of the course. Bibliography: Brust, Alexander und Anna Schmid: ROT. Museum der Kulturen Basel.
Forster, Robert J. (2006): Tracking Globalization: Commodities and Values in Motion. In: Tilley, M.C./ P. Spyer: Handbook of Material Culture. London: SAGE Publications: 285-302.
Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta (2007): Weiss in einem Meer aus Rot. In: Brust, A./A. Schmid, op.cit.. Museum der Kulturen Basel.
Pinney, Christopher (2006): Four Types of Visual Culture. In: Tilley/Spyer (s.u.).
Rowlands, Mike/Christopher Tilley/Patricia Spyer (2006): Handbook of Material Culture. London: SAGE Publications.
Young, Diane (2006): The Colours of Things. In: In: Tilley/Spyer (op.cit.): 173-185.
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