Courses outside Annenberg
Harvard
Summer sessions
Minds and Machines: Robots, Cyborgs, and Computers in History
HSCI S-177 Minds and Machines: Robots, Cyborgs, and Computers in History (32710)
Jamie N. Cohen-Cole.
Class times: Mondays, Wednesdays, noon-3 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
How has what we know, imagine, and believe about computers, robots, and cyberspace affected what we know, imagine, and believe about ourselves? We study these themes through original scientific papers and through the visions of the future given in science fiction stories and movies from Frankenstein to I, Robot. (4 credits)
Anthropology and Film
ANTH S-1725 Anthropology and Film (32155)
Jayasinhji Jhala.
Class times: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
This course offers deep immersion into anthropological film and is recommended for all students interested in visual anthropology and documentary film. Its objective is to provide a substantial understanding of the nature of anthropological film as a whole, and to enable students to take part in a specific discourse related to social relationships articulated in filmic texts. The course has a topical approach in a historical context; the theoretical overview is grounded in a perspective that applies concepts of culture to processes of visual communication. Examples of anthropological film are taken from the tradition of ethnographic filmmaking, indigenous film, dramatic fiction film, and minority film. Classical works and the contribution of major ethnographic filmmakers are studied, alongside the work of other filmmakers. (4 credits)
The Political Economy of Russia and China
GOVT S-1241 The Political Economy of Russia and China (32684)
Bruno S. Sergi.
Class times: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:15-6:15 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
Syllabus
This course combines an economic and political science approach to address the modern direction of Russia and China. These two countries are dealing with many issues as a result of moving from paternalism to consultive market-oriented leadership over the past few decades, and there is worldwide focus on the dynamics of this transition. In this course, students come to understand the origins and evolution of the political economy of Russia and China, the current political debates on change and continuity in the two countries' political economy and society, and the foundations and long-term opportunities, challenges, and limits of their market economy experiments. We analyze the reasons for, and implications of, these events in a solid analytical context as well as the search for a more balanced and thorough economic prosperity and political stability. The focus is on four phenomena: the transformation of the economic and political systems from the time of communism to current day in Russia; China's attempt to combine extraordinary economic reforms and growth with a still monolithic communist political party system; the role of institutions and government and their attempts to affect economic reform and development in both countries; and the new international political economy role for Russia and China. Conflicting arguments are discussed and analyzed and by the end of the course, students are expected to have developed sufficiently sophisticated skills and understanding for their further study of the political economy of Russia and China. (4 credits)
UCLA
C261D. Art in Modern China (4)
Lecture, three hours. Concentrated look at major schools and masters of Chinese art from turn of 20th century to present, with focus on interaction with foreign cultures and issues of self-identity, assimilation, modernity, tradition, and continuity. Consideration of recent developments in Chinese art in global context. Concurrently scheduled with course C115G. S/U or letter grading.
201A. Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production -- Foundations (6)
(Formerly numbered 201.) Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Critical survey of various scholarly traditions and methods (ethnographic, sociological, political-economic, geographic) that have been used to study film and television production practices as cultural, social, and industrial phenomena, as basis for individual student research projects. Letter grading.
201B. Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production -- Transmedia (6)
Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Requisite: course 201A. Examination of contemporary production studies research and transmedia practices, including innovations in marketing, licensing, distribution, industrial organization, creative work, new technologies, and evolving relations between fans and producers in digital economy. Letter grading.
202. Seminar: Media Audiences and Cultures of Consumption (6)
Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Critical study of reception and use of television and electronic media and examination of theoretical approaches to culture and audience research. Consideration of issues of cultural taste, consumerism, style/lifestyle, identity, and relationships between audience, industry, and mass-marketed images/commodities. Letter grading.
225. Seminar: Videogame Theory (6)
Seminar, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Videogame theory, with exploration of nature of medium, rather than looking at history, industrial practice, social effects, or any other of many interesting questions that games also raise. Acknowledgment of roots in film, television, and media studies and investigation of emerging videogame field. S/U or letter grading.
Summer sessions
Minds and Machines: Robots, Cyborgs, and Computers in History
HSCI S-177 Minds and Machines: Robots, Cyborgs, and Computers in History (32710)
Jamie N. Cohen-Cole.
Class times: Mondays, Wednesdays, noon-3 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
How has what we know, imagine, and believe about computers, robots, and cyberspace affected what we know, imagine, and believe about ourselves? We study these themes through original scientific papers and through the visions of the future given in science fiction stories and movies from Frankenstein to I, Robot. (4 credits)
Anthropology and Film
ANTH S-1725 Anthropology and Film (32155)
Jayasinhji Jhala.
Class times: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
This course offers deep immersion into anthropological film and is recommended for all students interested in visual anthropology and documentary film. Its objective is to provide a substantial understanding of the nature of anthropological film as a whole, and to enable students to take part in a specific discourse related to social relationships articulated in filmic texts. The course has a topical approach in a historical context; the theoretical overview is grounded in a perspective that applies concepts of culture to processes of visual communication. Examples of anthropological film are taken from the tradition of ethnographic filmmaking, indigenous film, dramatic fiction film, and minority film. Classical works and the contribution of major ethnographic filmmakers are studied, alongside the work of other filmmakers. (4 credits)
The Political Economy of Russia and China
GOVT S-1241 The Political Economy of Russia and China (32684)
Bruno S. Sergi.
Class times: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:15-6:15 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
Syllabus
This course combines an economic and political science approach to address the modern direction of Russia and China. These two countries are dealing with many issues as a result of moving from paternalism to consultive market-oriented leadership over the past few decades, and there is worldwide focus on the dynamics of this transition. In this course, students come to understand the origins and evolution of the political economy of Russia and China, the current political debates on change and continuity in the two countries' political economy and society, and the foundations and long-term opportunities, challenges, and limits of their market economy experiments. We analyze the reasons for, and implications of, these events in a solid analytical context as well as the search for a more balanced and thorough economic prosperity and political stability. The focus is on four phenomena: the transformation of the economic and political systems from the time of communism to current day in Russia; China's attempt to combine extraordinary economic reforms and growth with a still monolithic communist political party system; the role of institutions and government and their attempts to affect economic reform and development in both countries; and the new international political economy role for Russia and China. Conflicting arguments are discussed and analyzed and by the end of the course, students are expected to have developed sufficiently sophisticated skills and understanding for their further study of the political economy of Russia and China. (4 credits)
UCLA
C261D. Art in Modern China (4)
Lecture, three hours. Concentrated look at major schools and masters of Chinese art from turn of 20th century to present, with focus on interaction with foreign cultures and issues of self-identity, assimilation, modernity, tradition, and continuity. Consideration of recent developments in Chinese art in global context. Concurrently scheduled with course C115G. S/U or letter grading.
201A. Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production -- Foundations (6)
(Formerly numbered 201.) Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Critical survey of various scholarly traditions and methods (ethnographic, sociological, political-economic, geographic) that have been used to study film and television production practices as cultural, social, and industrial phenomena, as basis for individual student research projects. Letter grading.
201B. Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production -- Transmedia (6)
Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Requisite: course 201A. Examination of contemporary production studies research and transmedia practices, including innovations in marketing, licensing, distribution, industrial organization, creative work, new technologies, and evolving relations between fans and producers in digital economy. Letter grading.
202. Seminar: Media Audiences and Cultures of Consumption (6)
Seminar, three hours; film screenings, three hours. Critical study of reception and use of television and electronic media and examination of theoretical approaches to culture and audience research. Consideration of issues of cultural taste, consumerism, style/lifestyle, identity, and relationships between audience, industry, and mass-marketed images/commodities. Letter grading.
225. Seminar: Videogame Theory (6)
Seminar, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Videogame theory, with exploration of nature of medium, rather than looking at history, industrial practice, social effects, or any other of many interesting questions that games also raise. Acknowledgment of roots in film, television, and media studies and investigation of emerging videogame field. S/U or letter grading.
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