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Title of course:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Multimodal Anthropology<\/p>\n

What prompted the idea for the course?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cMultimodal\u201d simply means using more than academic written text to present research findings.<\/p>\n

My first multimodal science project was a third grade project on humpback whales, which was inspired by a\u00a0vinyl LP recording<\/a>\u00a0of their \u201csongs\u201d that National Geographic mailed out to subscribers.<\/p>\n

In addition to my written report, I included the whale recording and photographs from National Geographic. I then added a popular piece of material culture by tying the project together with white shoelaces dotted with tiny blue whales.<\/p>\n

As an anthropologist today, I use fiction, plays, poetry, sound and film \u2013 among other media \u2013 to present my findings. To other academics, I\u2019ve often had to defend my methods. But students tell me they love it and want to do the same.<\/p>\n

What does the course explore?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We explore nontraditional ways to present research and discuss why a particular form may or may not work for a particular subject. For example, a student could use the\u00a0sound of bombs<\/a>\u00a0for a research presentation about war, rather than showing violent images,\u00a0which can demean victims<\/a>. For a presentation about Iranian underground theater, a\u00a0fictional story about clandestine rehearsals and relationships<\/a>, rather than an academic book, could be used to protect subjects\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n

Students learn basic ethnographic research methods, including fly-on-the-wall observation and interviewing. We go out on exploratory research trips around campus to observe, take notes and ask questions. When they choose the topic of their final research projects, they take whatever data they gathered in a given week and present it in different formats, including film, poetry and op-eds.<\/p>\n

Why is this course relevant now?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Practicing multimodal anthropology helps students explore their own strengths and grow their confidence. Not everyone writes well, but some are gifted photographers. Educators have lost the interest of talented students by consistently demanding that research always be presented in term papers.<\/p>\n

It also makes the material more accessible to a larger and more diverse audience. Take sound \u2013 or even audiobooks \u2013 for example. The sound of humpback whales or melting glaciers allows people to experience a place that most cannot actually visit. Audiobooks or spoken-word projects allow readers with vision impairments and reading disabilities to access the research.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a critical lesson from the course?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There is never just one way to do anything. Students will be successful and can facilitate change in the world by playing to their strengths and by collaborating rather than competing with their peers. They are not their test scores or final grades, but rather a product of the experiences they have with their projects and each other along the way.<\/p>\n

What materials does the course feature?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I use\u00a0my own<\/a>\u00a0work<\/a>\u00a0to explain the process of multimodal anthropology \u2013 how and why I did what I did and whether it was successful. I also bring in other guest lecturers, including multimedia artist\u00a0Kurosh ValaNejad<\/a>, who put the history of the American-led coup d\u2019etat in Iran in 1953\u00a0into a video game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am currently developing my own multimodal curriculum in the form of a murder mystery series in which each book explores a different way to present research. My first book, \u201cDeath in a Nutshell: An Anthropology Whodunnit<\/a>,\u201d explores visual anthropology \u2013 the study of images in culture and the use of images to present culture \u2013 and dyslexia.<\/p>\n

What will the course prepare students to do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The course prepares students to practice and learn about multiple research methods. Even if they never write another poem again, studying poetry as an anthropologist sharpens their descriptive abilities. It also leads to useful discussions, like whether poetry,\u00a0as Plato claims<\/a>, is too beautiful, alluring and potentially deceptive to be used in what people like to think of as an objective science.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Roxanne Varzi is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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