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The Visual and Material Culture Studies program explores imagery, artifacts, and environments across diverse cultures and historical eras through an interdisciplinary lens.
This field moves beyond traditional text-based analysis, focusing instead on visual media, physical objects, and spatial environments. Mount Allison University presents Visual and Material Culture Studies through two distinct pathways.
Visual culture — examines imagery, spectatorship, visual media, and observational practices.
Material culture — investigates all human-created and altered objects throughout history and in modern society.
This program provides students with distinctive multidisciplinary curriculum featuring cross-cultural perspectives, historical breadth, and inclusive methodologies.