See these resources for guidelines and tips on completing course activities.

  • Leading a Good Film Discussion
    All members of the class must lead two class sessions (in pairs) to discuss and analyse the assigned film (on Mondays). Click here for details on what makes a good discussion leader.

  • Avoid Plagiarism!
    Plagiarism is a big deal, yet you can be doing it without even knowing it. Click here to learn more about what it is and to avoid it through proper citation practices.

  • Film Journals
    This is your chance to experiment with more informal writing to take notes on assigned films in relation to your viewing experience and the readings.

  • Camera Practice for Workshop Three

  • Final Project Preliminary Plan and Process

  • 2 page Midterm Project Process Essay (Optional: include a storyboard)
    This informal discussion is your chance to hone your skills at reflecting on and assessing your own work. You'll look at this at the end of the semester when we consider your portfolio together.
  • Storyboard and 1-2 page process essay
    This is your chance to graphically plan the scenes/cuts for your final project. You'll also reflect on the process.
  • Using Media in Moodle Forums
    Use your Moodle editor to insert audio and visual media in your Moodle posts.

  • Citation Practices for Anthropology Papers
    Anthropologists use a different style of citation than many other disciplines. You will be expected to learn and use it in your assignments for this course. Click here for detailed information.

  • Final Film Project and Process Essay
    In this course we consider films anthropologically, such that we do not treat films as static objects of analysis, but as (not always successful) attempts at world-making that unfold only in ongoing dialogue with diverse viewers, including ourselves (See Westmoreland on Multimodality!). That means we seek to engage with films ethnographically in some way, such that we center the ongoing film-viewer/audience relationship. We'll do that by creating a short (no more than 10 minute) (auto)ethnographic video on a Tibet-related feature film (documentary or fictional) of your choice.

  • Your Course Portfolio Assessment and Suggested Grade
    TBA