Comments on: Media Anthropology and Pedagogy http://savageminds.org/2008/12/16/media-anthropology-and-pedagogy/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 22:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ryan a http://savageminds.org/2008/12/16/media-anthropology-and-pedagogy/comment-page-1/#comment-548467 ryan a Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:50:06 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1429#comment-548467 I think this is a cool idea for a class, and it would be great if there were more courses like it. Especially since so much information that we all receive is visual. It makes sense. I also think you bring up a good point, namely that we can't assume that kids will all be super media savvy or advanced. It's like writing or anything else...some will be good at it, others won't. Understanding different forms of media should be a part of the methods training in anthropology, IMO, just as writing is. We should definitely understand the processes through which anthropological information is disseminated. I think this is a cool idea for a class, and it would be great if there were more courses like it. Especially since so much information that we all receive is visual. It makes sense.

I also think you bring up a good point, namely that we can’t assume that kids will all be super media savvy or advanced. It’s like writing or anything else…some will be good at it, others won’t.

Understanding different forms of media should be a part of the methods training in anthropology, IMO, just as writing is. We should definitely understand the processes through which anthropological information is disseminated.

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