SI 515: Special Topics: Material Culture and the Interpretation of Objects

Museum Studies and Information Studies intersect in a number of intriguing ways, not least is the fact that they both serve to make information-laden materials cognitively, culturally, and intellectually accessible. This course offers a foundation of interpretive frameworks and genres of objects for aspiring information and museum professionals as well as those interested in cultural studies. Students examine a wide variety of interpretive frames, yet those from the sociology/anthropology of technology, cultural anthropology, and popular culture studies prevail.