21A.348 Photography and Truth, Spring 2005
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Slyomovics, Susan
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Photography and Truth
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
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.
Subjects
Photography
anthropology
culture
subject and treatment of image
art
ethnographic documentation
ethnography
documentary
museum photography
taking pictures
Middle East
North Africa
Abu Ghraib
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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