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VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY

Module code: AN340
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Quota: 12
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
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	Overview
	Visual Ethnography is a practice-led module that teaches students how to create a series of short ethnographic film clips. The course will be given in burst format and will be composed of a mix of lectures in Maynooth and fieldwork elsewhere. Students will receive a practical introduction to filmmaking, photography, lighting, sound and editing. Because students will require individual attention, this module is capped to 12 motivated individuals. Note: students cannot register for this module with the permission of the Department of Anthropology

Overview

Visual Ethnography is a practice-led module that teaches students how to create a series of short ethnographic film clips. The course will be given in burst format and will be composed of a mix of lectures in Maynooth and fieldwork elsewhere. Students will receive a practical introduction to filmmaking, photography, lighting, sound and editing. Because students will require individual attention, this module is capped to 12 motivated individuals.

Note: students cannot register for this module with the permission of the Department of Anthropology

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Evaluate the validity of existing anthropological and other social science research on a particular special topic in Anthropology, and Orally present relevant theoretical and ethnographic data pertaining to the topic in question, and Discuss critically, in essay form, recent theoretical and ethnographic works in Anthropology on the topic in question.

Learning Outcomes

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Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? No Not available for Autumn Repeats.

	Pre-Requisites
	AN151, AN221 & AN227, except for occasional students

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