Anthropology of Memory

Overview

Subject area

ANTH

Catalog Number

332

Course Title

Anthropology of Memory

Department(s)

Description

Examination of the interplay of individual and collective memory and the processes through which representations of the past are produced and challenged. We will pay special attention to how the media of memory—images, rituals, stories, monuments, and landscapes—shape the ways the past is recalled and selectively forgotten.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

028933

Course Schedule