Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21A.348 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Photography and Truth 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Anthropology 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Susan Slyomovics 
• Course Introduction:
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  21A.348 Photography and Truth
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive reading list.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Photographs in anthropology serve many purposes: as primary data, illustrations of words in a book, documentation for disappearing cultures, evidence of fieldwork, material objects for museum exhibitions, and even works of art. This course explores photography as art, research tool, and communication.