| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Early Cinema | |
| 3 | Ethnographic Film as Science and Beyond | |
| 4 | Cinema Verite and Cine-fiction: The Films of Jean Rouch | |
| 5 | Cine-fiction and Cinema Verite: The Films of Jean Rouch (cont.) | |
| 6 | Direct Cinema in the US: Observing at Home | |
| 7 | Communities and Conflict: Debating Nuclear Technologies Guest Lecturer: Filmmaker Chris Boebel | |
| 8 | Gender and Sexuality | |
| 9 | Observing the 'Exotic' in the U.S. | Longer paper due |
| 10 | The Personal and the Political: A Case of Environmental Activism | |
| 11 | Finding a Future for Culture on Film/Video: Feature Films, Documentaries, and "The Social Practice of Media" | Final paper due (for graduate students) |