Anthropology 222 - Making Class Visible

This course examines questions of social class within the Mount Holyoke community, at critical intersections with race, gender, and disability. Drawing upon readings in anthropology and film studies that critique the notion of a homogeneous 'community' and offer alternative theoretical models, students will focus reflexively on three projects. the co-production of an ethnographic film, the creation of an advertising campaign for the film, creation of a website, for extending the conversation about class, Among the questions we explore at all three sites are: What is your idea of work? Where and when do you notice class? Is class a topic of conversation and/or storytelling in your family?

Prereq: Anthropology 105 or permission of instructor