DA4832 Anthropology, Media, and War

This class explores the ways in which culture forms the various foundations and narratives of war, how the media reflects, but also shapes narrative, and also how individual perspectives act on the story. To help focus our readings, regionally we will focus on material, mainly from 1991 onwards--but we need not be limited to any one side's narrative.

Prerequisite

DA3750 and DA4780

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

• Student will be able to describe how the conduct of war affected politics, society, and culture, and the role of Islam, identity, and tribalism in war-making and governing.
• Students will be able to reflect upon implicit forms of ideology in artifacts, language, cinema, music, and art, and explore the crafting of ideology, narratives, messaging, and memes, in particular with regard to the aspects of story-telling, including framing and priming effects.