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Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, Oklahoma State University New Course (spring 2019)

Media and Visual Anthropology of the Anthropocene Oil and Reading the Soul of Things

This course will examine the role of material culture and visual media in anthropological studies of climate change and the Anthropocene. During the semester, students will investigate the importance of film footage, photographs, museum objects and archival documents collected by foreign scientists (geologists, geographers, botanists, anthropologists, ethnographers) since 1920 to study the role of the oil industry on the Anthropocene transformation, the Great Acceleration and consequently the changes in the lives of pastoral nomads of Western and South western Iran.

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Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, Oklahoma State University New Course (spring 2019)

Anthropology of Visual Propaganda: Iran-US Relations since the 1979 Iranian Revolution

This course will investigate how images (photographs, films, illustrations) have been used as powerful propaganda tools by Iran and the United States since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Students will study how visual framing of Iran-U.S. conflicts influences viewers' emotional responses and evaluations of communicative quality.

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Dr. Pedram Khosronejad Farzaneh Family Scholar Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies School of Global Studies & Partnerships/School of Media & Strategic Communications Oklahoma State University 201 Wes Watkins Center Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 Phone: 405-744-2507 E-mail: Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu

| Chief Editor, Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia SeanKingston | Series Editor, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies, SeanKingston | Series Editor, Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, LIT Verlag

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