[ANTH W3975] The Anthropology of Media

At some point in college, every student should get to have a professor like Brian Larkin. Every week, I have walked out of anthro of media arguing ideas with at least one of my classmates. Run like a true seminar, reading is fairly heavy and often rather dense, but almost all of the readings are interesting and bring something to the class. Larkin is also flexible enough to allow students to bring theory from other classes into the discussion. At the beginning of the semester, everyone is assigned a group and every couple of weeks the group is in charge of presenting that week's readings. In the rare event that discussion gets boring, Prof. Larkin's colorful sock choice and British accent prove to be adequate distractions The overarching goal of the class is to undertake an ethnographic project relating to media. The product is a 15 page paper and a brief presentation the final week of class. Larkin is incredibly approachable and a most enthusiastic and helpful guide both within class and for individual research.