| WeeK # | Topics | Videos | key dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: The Power of Photography | Video: Berger. Ways of Seeing. Part 1. London, UK: BBC, 32 minutes, Color, 1974. | |
| 2 | Histories | "The Photo Shoot." Video clips: Louis Lumière, 118, 105, and 310. | |
| 3 | Anthropology and Photography | Video clips: Eadweard J. Muybridge. Video excerpts: Cannibal Tourism. | Beginning of week 3: Paper 1 due |
| 4 | Albums and Family Photographs: Western and Eastern | Video clips: Ellis Island. 3-hours, History Channel. Video excerpts: David and Judith MacDougall. Photo Wallahs: An Encounter with Photography. 60 min, Berkeley, CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1991. | |
| 5 | Photography as Fragment, Photos as Evidence: Portraits, ID Photos | End of week 5: Paper 2 due | |
| 6 | Mug Shots, Memorial Books Visual Anthropology | ||
| 7 | Aerial Photography | Video clips: WWII Aerial Photography. | Midterm |
| 8 | Nature Photographs: The Case of National Geographic True or False? | National Geographic video clips. On Photography and Ghosts, see The American Museum of Photography Web site. | Beginning of week 8: Paper 3 due |
| 9 | Fashion Photography and Paparazzi | Paparazzi. Directed by Paul Abascal. Twentieth Century Fox, 2004. DVD. Police-press Collaborations: On the "Perp Walk" and "Ride-alongs." Recommended: Fellini. 8½. | |
| 10 | Photography and Gender | Video clips: Ways of Seeing. Part 2. | |
| 11 | Photography and Orientalism | Beginning of week 11: Paper 4 due | |
| 12 | Iraq Photos Conclusions and Copyright Law: Who Owns the Image? | ||
| 13 | Student Presentations |