Dr. Michael Lee Wesch | |
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Born | Fairbury, Nebraska |
Education | Kansas State University, University of Virginia |
Occupation | anthropology professor |
Years active | 2004-present |
Employer | Kansas State University |
Known for | Teaching methods, YouTube videos |
Title | Professor of Cultural Anthropology |
Predecessor | Harald Prins |
Awards | 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for Doctoral and Research Universities |
Website | mediatedcultures |
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Anthropology of nature, science, and technology |
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Social and cultural anthropology |
Michael Lee Wesch is a professor of cultural anthropology and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Kansas State University.[1] He is known for teaching with new media and for creating videos published on YouTube about digital technology, including "The Machine is Us/ing Us" (2007), and "An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube" (2008).[2]