http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33985 Economics (14) 2013-06-08T13:52:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77985 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2007 Thorburn, David This course is an introduction to narrative film, emphasizing the unique properties of the movie house and the motion picture camera, the historical evolution of the film medium, and the intrinsic artistic qualities of individual films. The primary focus is on American cinema, but secondary attention is paid to works drawn from other great national traditions, such as France, Italy, and Japan. The syllabus includes such directors as Griffith, Keaton, Chaplin, Renoir, Ford, Hitchcock, Altman, De Sica, and Fellini. 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77984 4.430 Daylighting, Fall 2006 Andersen, Marilyne This class provides the tools necessary for an efficient integration of daylighting issues in the overall design of a building. The fundamentals of daylighting and electric lighting are introduced and their relevance to design decisions emphasized: benefits and availability of daylight, solar radiation and sun course, photometry, vision and color perception, daylighting metrics, visual and thermal comfort, electric lighting. More advanced topics are presented and practiced through the design project and homework assignments, such as primary and advanced lighting design strategies, and design and assessment tools for lighting management. 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77983 21A.215 Medical Anthropology: Culture, Society, and Ethics in Disease and Health, Fall 2008 Jackson, Jean This course looks at medicine from a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on the human, as opposed to biological, side of things. Students learn how to analyze various kinds of medical practice as cultural systems. Particular emphasis is placed on Western (bio-) medicine; students examine how biomedicine constructs disease, health, body, and mind, and how it articulates with other institutions, national and international. 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77982 21H.416J / 14.70J Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective, Spring 2006 McCants, Anne This course will survey the conditions of material life and the changing social and economic relations in medieval Europe with reference to the comparative context of contemporary Islamic, Chinese, and central Asian experiences. The subject covers the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the course of epidemic disease, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the study of those factors, both institutional and technological, which have contributed to the emergence of capitalist organization and economic growth in Western Europe in contrast to the trajectories followed by the other major medieval economies. 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z