Anthropology 220 - From Gutenberg to Google

The course explores the contemporary scholarship that addresses the role of print literacy and information technology in the history of science, in the formation of identity, and in the development of the postmodern imagination. From the invention of movable print to the 'smart phone' and beyond, how we know the world and ourselves as we engage with it is mediated by technology and by society that introduces this technology and is, in turn, changed by it. What are the real differences, and where lie the continuities between our 'digital' present and the not so distant past?

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors; Prereq: 4 credits in Anthropology.