Material and Visual Culture MA
UCL (University College London)
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This MA provides a broad-based training in social science approaches to the analysis of material and visual media. The programme draws on art, photography, film and media through the lens of visual anthropology. Students would also focus on museum anthropology, technology, architecture, cultures of materials, and fashion. The programme covers a range of contexts such as production, exchange and consumption, and uses anthropological perspectives based on the comparative study of societies, ...Read more

This MA provides a broad-based training in social science approaches to the analysis of material and visual media. The programme draws on art, photography, film and media through the lens of visual anthropology. Students would also focus on museum anthropology, technology, architecture, cultures of materials, and fashion. The programme covers a range of contexts such as production, exchange and consumption, and uses anthropological perspectives based on the comparative study of societies, historically and culturally. Skills training is given in social anthropological field research and analysis, and in specific methods for the study of material and visual forms.

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9th

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Entry requirements

This research based Master's degree is suitable for those students entering postgraduate study with a strong background in the discipline, gained either through an undergraduate degree, or through a well-regarded conversion Master's programme.

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£20,500 per year

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£33,000 per year

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£33,000 per year

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