Spring 2027 Anthropology GU4857 section 001

Empire & Information

Call Number 01107
Day, Time & Location View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Brian Larkin
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

This course is a comparative study of the role of information technologies in the formation of modern Empires and modern postcolonial states. It examines these processes historically and their afterlives in contemporary societies. Drawing heavily on media theory and theories of information we will examine how these forces operate in countries as diverse as France, Palestine, India, Paraguay.

 

Department Anthropology @Barnard
Enrollment 0 students (16 max) as of 9:07PM Thursday, October 29, 2026
Subject Anthropology
Number GU4857
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20271ANTH4857W001