ANT208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Ethnocentrism, Frame Story, Cultural Relativism
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Ant208 reading #2 notes january 14th anthropologists in film: the horror! Personal views of academic disciplines are shaped through media representations, and these representations are influenced by both their directors, actors, and scriptwriters, and broader notions of academia. Louise krasniewicz (2006:10) movies are more than just the stories they tell. They are symbolic constructs, systems of symbols that help people think, feel, and act. Anthropologists are mediators due to their intercultural and interspecies expertise. Fictional representations of anthropology are not new in pop culture; they range in accuracy between real and fantastical but they still play roles in shaping public perception of anthropology: ex. References to carlos castaneda and jane goodall found their way into the simpsons. Consider how anthropologists are perceived in the popular imagination through an analysis of mainstream movies. To answer the questions above, a list of films featuring one or more anthropologist character(s) was compiled.
