Media of the Middle East (ANTH-0144)

Fall 2025 · ANTH 0144 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Examines the contemporary Middle East through a variety of media and introduces anthropological methods for studying media and media practices. Looks at media and the Arab Revolts. Themes include: (1) media such as television, music, graffiti, cartoons, or social media that may consolidate or contest state power, (2) cultural forms such as Arab hip-hop and refugee poetry that are the product of global processes and migration, (3) religious media, and (4) anthropologists as media makers. Recommendations: One course in either Anthropology or the Middle East, or consent.

Course codes: ANTH-0144, ANTH 0144, ANTH0144, ANTH-144, ANTH 144, ANTH144, ILVS-0144, ILVS 0144, ILVS0144, ILVS-144, ILVS 144, ILVS144, FMS-0047, FMS 0047, FMS0047, FMS-47, FMS 47, FMS47, CVS-0134, CVS 0134, CVS0134, CVS-134, CVS 134, CVS134

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