Arts, Sciences, and Engineering					Anthropology
Course Section Listing	Course	Course Title					Term	Credits	Status
COURSE_SECTION-6-5946	ANTH 228-1	Mobile Phones in the Developing World					Fall 2020	4.0 - 0.0	Open
Schedule:		Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date TR 200 PM 315 PM Lattimore Room 441
Enrollment:		Enrolled      9	Capacity      20
Co-Located:		ANTH 228-1 (P), ANTH 428-1
Instructors:		Robert Foster
Restrictions:		Not open to First Year students (in the Class of 2027)
Description:		This course addresses anthropological questions and issues raised by the making, marketing, use and disposal of mobile phones in the global South or “developing world.”  We will consider how people use mobile phones (both basic handsets and smartphones) for everything from Facebook to financial inclusion, and we will also consider the corporate actors that produce, distribute and profit from mobile phones.  Readings include ethnographic studies of mobile phones in Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean.  Students will propose, develop and present research projects that focus on some particular aspect of the spread of mobile phones throughout the developing world. Prerequisite: ANT 101 helpful. Open to first year students only with permission of instructor.
Offered:		Fall Spring Summer