Zombiology Flyer Winter 2019 - Stony Brook University...IT’S BACK! ANT 208 - Zombiology What the...
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IT’S BACK! ANT 208 - Zombiology
What the Walking Dead Can Teach Us about Real Humans
ONLINE!
Winter 2019
Instructor: Dr. Jason E. Lewis Email: [email protected]
Zombiememeshavebecomeverypopularincultureandmediaoverthepastseveralyears.Manyaspectsofmodernzombielore,asrepresentedinbooks,movies,andtelevisionprogramssuchasTheWalkingDead,aregermanetounderstandingimportantissuesincurrentaffairs,science,andothertopicsofanthropologicalinterest.Inthisclass,wewillusescenesfromzombiemediaasprismsthroughwhichtoexaminetopicssuchasthespreadofinfectiousdiseaseinourglobalizedanddenselypopulatedworld,predationonancientandpresenthumans,forensicanalysisoftraceevidenceliketoothandcutmarks,thecollapseofcivilizations,humanbehaviorinsmallbandsocieties,violentcon?lict,etc.Thepurposeofthecourseistodevelopstudents’analyticalandcomparativeskillsonanumberofthemesandtopics,withthegoalofstudentsbecomingcriticalmediaconsumersandfamiliarwiththeapplicationofthevarioussub?ieldsofAnthropologyinthewiderworld.
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