Digital Anthropology

Year offered
2020


The course aims to expose the students to how the digital are affects culture, society, and the community around the world. Throughout the course, we will examine how classical and contemporary anthropology theories help us understand the role of digital technologies in society and how anthropological research tools can be applied in digital research. By discussing the evolving discipline of digital anthropology, we will examine the significance of technological tools such as mobile phones, smartphones, social networks, computer games in diverse social and cultural contexts. We will discuss the interfaces and fluidity of the spaces between online and offline and the creation of online communities, the intersections of globalization and digital spaces, online activism etc.