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==List of visual anthropology academic programs== Appalachian State University offers a BA in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Visual Anthropology * '''[[Aarhus University]]''': Master in Visual Anthropology * '''[[Australian National University]]''': The Research School of Humanities and the Arts [http://archanth.anu.edu.au/visualanthropology/ Centre for Visual Anthropology] * '''[[California State University, Chico]]''': Home to the [http://www.csuchico.edu/alva/ Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology (ALVA) ] which offers students use of [http://www.red.com/shot-on-red RED Digital Cinema cameras ] in its [http://catalog.csuchico.edu/viewer/12/ANTH/ANTHNONEMA.html Masters of Anthropology] program. Students receive a four-fields degree but complete an ethnographic film as partial fulfillment of their thesis requirement. A [http://catalog.csuchico.edu/viewer/12/ANTH/CLTANONEUC.html Certificate in Applied Anthropology] is also available for students who would like to pursue Visual Anthropology, and make ethnographic films as Undergraduates. *'''[[Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales]]''' Ecuador: offers a [https://web.archive.org/web/20100323214303/http://www.flacso.org.ec/html/especializacion.php?ID=DC_00&ID2=DC_48&id_programa=1000 master program in visual anthropology]. *'''[[Free University of Berlin]]''': - [http://www.master.fu-berlin.de/visual-anthropology/ M.A. in Visual and Media Anthropology]. *'''[[Harvard University]]''': Harvard offers a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110216013423/http://sel.fas.harvard.edu/phd.html PhD in Social Anthropology with Media] in conjunction with its [http://sel.fas.harvard.edu Sensory Ethnography Lab] *'''[[Heidelberg University]]''': The chair of [http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/cluster-professorships/visual-and-media-anthropology.html Visual and Media Anthropology] offers BA and MA courses in the field of visual and media anthropology. *'''[[New York University]]:''' [http://anthropology.as.nyu.edu/object/anthro.grad.program.cultmedia The Program in Culture and Media] *'''[[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]:''' The Social Sciences Department at PUCP offers a two-year [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132801/http://www.pucp.edu.pe/EN/content/pagina42.php?pID=4457&pIDSeccionWeb=25&pIDContenedor=4458&pIDIdiomaLocal=1&pIDReferencial= MA program in Visual Anthropology]. * '''[[San Francisco State University]]''': [http://anthropology.sfsu.edu/content/ma-program-visual-anthropology-emphasis Visual Anthropology program] and [http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~biella/ Peter Biella] *'''[[Tallinn University]]''': [http://www.tlu.ee/en/School-of-Humanities/About-us/Study-Areas/Study-Area:-Cultural-Theory/Anthropology/Audiovisual-Ethnography-Pathway MA in audiovisual ethnography]. *'''[[Towson University]]''': Undergraduate track in [https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/socioanthrocrim/socioanthro.html Anthropology-Sociology], [https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/socioanthrocrim/facultystaff/mdurington.html Matthew Durington], [https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/socioanthrocrim/facultystaff/scollins.html Samuel Collins] and [https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/socioanthrocrim/facultystaff/hgill.html Harjant Gill] *'''[[University of Pennsylvania]]''': PhD program in anthropology offers a certificate in experimental ethnography through the [https://www.ceepenn.org/ Center for Experimental Ethnography.] *'''[[Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana]]''': [http://dcsh.izt.uam.mx/departamentos/antropologia/?page_id=341 Laboratorio de Antropología Visual (LAV)] *'''[[Universitat de Barcelona]]''': [http://grad.ub.edu/grad3/plae/AccesInformePD?curs=2020&codiGiga=360099&idioma=CAT&recurs=publicacio Postgraduate and Master's programs in Visual Anthropology] *'''[[University of British Columbia]]''': [http://anthfilm.anth.ubc.ca The Ethnographic Film Unit at UBC] *'''[[University College London]]''': offers [https://web.archive.org/web/20120215215633/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/other-courses/film_courses postgraduate courses] that can be taken as part of a master's degree for credit or they can be audited with a certificate of completion provided. *'''[[University of Kent]]''': The Department of Anthropology offers a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807150551/http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/studying/programmes/pgt/MA/ma_visual_anthropology.html Masters in Visual Anthropology] that explores traditional and experimental means of using visual images to produce/represent anthropological knowledge. Note (Nov 2020): this is no longer offered. Link is to web archive version. *'''[[University of Leiden]]''': offers the Bachelor course [https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/en/courses/show/32558/visual_methods Visual Methods] and [http://visualethnography.leiden.edu Visual Ethnography as a Method] as part the Master's programme. It teaches students how to use photography, digital video and sound recording both as research and reporting tools as part of ethnographic research. *'''[[Goldsmiths College|University of London, Goldsmiths College]]''': The anthropology department offers a [https://www.gold.ac.uk/ug/ba-anthropology-visual-practice/ BA], an [http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-visual-anthropology/ MA], and [http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/mphil-phd-visual-anthropology/ PhD] in Visual Anthropology. *'''[[University of Manchester]]''': The [http://granadacentre.co.uk/ Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology] offers MA, MPhil and PhD courses that combine practical film training, editing and production, photography, sound recording, art and social activism. Established in 1987, the Granada Centre's postgraduate programme has produced over 300 documentary films. Its students have made films for numerous international broadcasters, including the BBC and Channel 4. Manchester includes an Oscar nominee, two BAFTA winners, and a BAFTA nominee among its alumni. *'''[[University of Münster]]''': [http://weiterbildung.uni-muenster.de/de/masterstudiengaenge/visual-anthropology-media-and-documentary-practices/overview/ Visual Anthropology, Media & Documentary Practices] Programme which accompanies employment. Master of Arts (M.A.) degree within 6 semesters. Provides skills in the area of visual anthropology, documentary films, photography, documentary art, culture media and media anthropology. *'''[[University of New South Wales]]''': offers a [http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/degrees/postgraduate/research/phd-visual-anthropology/ PhD in Visual Anthropology] *'''[[University of Oxford]]''': [https://web.archive.org/web/20100422140116/http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/degrees/ The Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology] collaborates with the [http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/research.html Pitt Rivers Museum] to offer the highly ranked one-year MSc and two-year MPhil in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120825233546/http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/degrees/visual-material-and-museum-anthropology/ Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology] and also awards DPhil degrees with numerous [https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030531/http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/funding/ competitive funding opportunities]. * '''[[University of South Carolina]]''' offers a [http://www.cas.sc.edu/Anth/Visualcert.html Graduate Certificate in Visual Anthropology] for graduate students enrolled in M.A. or Ph.D. programs in Media Arts and Anthropology but which also serves graduate students in such areas as Education, the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, as well as Sociology and Geography. * '''[[University of Southern California]]''' - ''[[USC Center for Visual Anthropology]]'': The MAVA (Master of Arts in Visual Anthropology) was a 2–3 year terminal Masters program from 1984 to 2001, which produced over sixty ethnographic documentaries. In 2001, it was merged into a Certificate in Visual Anthropology given alongside the Ph.D. in Anthropology. A new digitally based program was created in the Fall of 2009 as a [http://college.usc.edu/news/stories/634/legends-asch-and-myerhoff-inspire-a-new-generation-of-visual-ant/ new one year MA program in Visual Anthropology]. Since 2009, the program has produced twenty five new ethnographic documentaries. Many have screened at film festivals and several are in distribution. *'''[[University of Tromsø]]''': The University of Tromsø offers a program in [https://web.archive.org/web/20030526094006/http://uit.no/vcs/ Visual Culture Studies] *'''[[Western Kentucky University]]''': Western Kentucky University offers a BA in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Visual Anthropology *[[University of Münster|'''Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster''']] (University of Münster): [http://weiterbildung.uni-muenster.de/de/masterstudiengaenge/visual-anthropology-media-and-documentary-practices/overview/ Visual Anthropology, Media & Documentary Practices] Programme which accompanies employment. Master of Arts (M.A.) degree within 6 semesters. Provides skills in the area of visual anthropology, documentary films, photography, documentary art, culture media and media anthropology.
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