BA (Hons) Anthropology and Media

Year 1

You'll learn about some of the main theories within social anthropology – political anthropology, economic anthropology, and kinship. You'll also consider the role of ethnography, and will be given a foundation in anthropological methodological practice. For the media element, you'll study verbal and visual language; changes in the media over the last two centuries; debates surrounding the term 'culture'; and the examination of media texts through an understanding of systems of narrative, realism and genre.

• Introduction to Social Anthropology
• Anthropological Methods
• Film and the Audiovisual: Theory and Analysis
• Media History and Politics
• Culture and Cultural Studies
• Key Debates in Media Studies
• Ethnography of a Selected Region 1

Year 2

You'll consider the anthropology of religion, morals and symbolism, and explore interactions between changing economic and political structures in the world today. You'll take media theory modules that cover the internationalisation of cultural and media studies, the psychology of communications or theories of political economy in the cultural industries. You'll also take a media practice module in which you develop production skills by creating small-scale projects.

You take the following compulsory modules:

• Politics, Economics and Social Change
• Anthropology of Religion
• Cross-Platform Media Practice
• Anthropology and Political Economy

You also take 30 credits worth of modules from the following list:

• Psychology, Subjectivity and Power
• Money, Society, and Culture
• Media, Memory and Conflict
• Television and After
• Culture, Society and the Individual
• Media, Modernity and Social Thought

Year 3

In your final year you have the opportunity to design your own learning experience. You'll choose from module options in Anthropology and Media, and will take your second cross-platform media practice module, which will enable you to develop your skills and build on what you learned in your second year.

You select four Anthropology option modules. Those recently available have included:

• Anthropological Approaches to History
• Anthropology of Health 1
• Anthropology and Gender Theory
• Anthropology and the Visual 2
• Anthropology in Public Practice
• Borders and Migration
• Learning from Social Movements
• Psychological Perspectives in Anthropology
• Anthropology of Art 1
• Anthropology of Rights
• Anthropology and the Visual Production Course
• Digital Anthropology
• Anthropology of Violence
• Anthropology of Development
• Gender Theory in Practice
• Staff/Student Research Project

Media Theory

You select two Media option modules. Those recently available have included:

• Structure of Contemporary Political Communication
• Race, Empire and Nation
• The City and Consumer Culture
• Music as Communication and Creative Practice
• Embodiment and Experience
• Media Law and Ethics
• Media, Ritual and Contemporary Public Cultures
• Promotional Culture
• Politics of the Audiovisual
• Social Media in Everyday Life: A global perspective

Our graduates go on to employment in a variety of areas, including:

• journalism
• documentary and feature filmmaking
• applied or advocacy work for NGOs and development agencies
• teaching and research in higher education
• marketing and public relations
• arts and administration
• many more careers both within the public and private sectors