The written word seems lost in the scramble with television, the Internet and the World Wide Web for our attention. Yet even in the electronic glow of computer monitors, the words we write capture and preserve our ideas, impressions and fantasies.
Pictures are silent, ambiguous, anonymous.
So it is with writing in the social sciences. We anthropologists and sociologists express our curiosity about society, our explorations and interpretations of social experience, in what is still the most immediate, effective form of communication. The goal of this course is to renew your interest in words and texts and to refresh your writing skills. It is a practical course that will help you write well. And you will use the Internet and Web as a virtual classroom and resource center.