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    Sep 19, 2024  
2024-2025 Augusta University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Augusta University Catalog
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ANTH 4200 - Anthropology and Popular Culture (3 Credit Hours)

Using various forms of media, examine how anthropological concepts are applied to analyzing modern social issues, how archaeology has been misused in the entertainment industury and in political arenas despite the ethical concerns of professional archaeologists, and how ethical heritage management impacts musuems. Media examined include investigative journalism, tv, film, and museums and historical sites. Issues examined may include human rights, cultural misrepresentations and stereotypes, the illegal antiquities trade, international heritage rights, pseudoscience, and pseudohistory.

Lecture Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3
Repeat Status: NR - Not Repeatable
Grade Mode: CP- Continuing Progress Courses, N- Normal (A, B, C, D, F), S- Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Schedule Type: Lecture


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