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Anthropology of Art and Material Culture
Cursusdoel
- demonstrate historically informed knowledge of anthropological approaches to art and material culture;
- demonstrate anthropologically- informed knowledge of concepts, approaches and debates concerning art, photography, material culture, the ‘material turn’, and materiality;
- describe specific colonial and postcolonial forms of art and material culture, their connection to governing, independence/ emancipation movements, and unfolding histories of modernity;
- understand the historical distinctions made between art and material culture, as pan-human phenomena, and specific ways of understanding and interpreting their production, use, exchange, circulation and transformation;
- apply scholarly skills of critical reading and preparation of texts combined with rhetorical skills of communication and argumentation, in leading a group discussion;
- engage relevant concepts and methods – such as photo elicitation and collaborative image-making – to design and conduct a small ethnographically-informed study of the making/ acquisition/ use/ or disposal of a work of art or material culture.
First essay 20% (photography, visual methods) : Learning goals 1, 2, 3
Term essay proposal (10%) :Learning goals 1, 6
Term essay 30% (research an art or craft) : Learning goals 1, 2, 5, 6
Final test 20% (concepts, theories, approaches) :Learning goals 1, 2, 3, 4
Weekly blog + 2 x presentations 20% :Learning goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Vakinhoudelijk
The course addresses the methodological question of what a fine-grained ethnographic approach adds to the understanding of material culture and art. Reading two full-length ethnographies offers an in-depth understanding of such questions as “local” theories of practice, uses of life stories, and multi-sited ethnographies. Students are challenged to research a material culture or art practice of their own choice, drawing and expanding on the course literature, and using it to prepare an interview with a practitioner.
The course cultivates a critical approach to understanding how different forms of material culture and art shape social action and discourses about authenticity, aesthetics, distinction, identity, tradition, modernity, heritage, and citizenship.
Each week there will be one lecture and one class devoted to student-led presentation presentation and discussion, followed up by a blog entry on Blackboard/ Discussion Board:
I. focusing on the week’s readings, and
II. focusing on different aspects of the term essay: concepts, methods, and specific art and material culture practices.
You visit the Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal (Nijmegen), in your own time.
Werkvormen
Toetsing
Weekly blog, attendance, participation
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
Includes presenting a one paper on methodology and one paper on concepts – connected to course work, to be used in the term essay
Term essay
Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25
3000 - 3500 words - small-scale study of a form of art or material culture (own choice) using relevant approaches and concepts
Term essay proposal
Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75
First essay
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
1500 - 2000 words - topic linked to the Strassler book
*midterm FEEDBACK*
Niet verplicht
Take home final test
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
Covers the approaches, concepts and cases covered in the course. Three short essays, with choice.
Ingangseisen en voorkennis
Ingangseisen
Er moet voldaan zijn aan de cursus:
Voorkennis
Er is geen informatie over benodigde voorkennis bekend.
Voertalen
- Engels
Competenties
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Academisch schrijven
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Debatteren / discoursanalyse
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Internationale en interculturele oriëntatie
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Interdisciplinariteit
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Kritisch lezen
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Onderzoeksvaardigheden
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Presenteren
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Samenwerken
Cursusmomenten
Gerelateerde studies
Tentamens
Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus
Verplicht materiaal
Materiaal | Omschrijving |
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BOEK | Probst, P. (2011), Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: Monuments, Deities, and Money. Bloomington: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253222958 *UU library provides unlimited access to an e-book. |
BOEK | Svasek, M. (2007), Anthropology, Art, and Cultural Production. London: Pluto Press. ISBN: 9781783714759 * UU library provides unlimited access to an e-book. |
DIVERSE | Visit to the Afrika Museum of the National Museum of World Cultures, Berg en Dal (Nijmegen), in your own time (week 9) |
Aanbevolen materiaal
Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend
Opmerkingen
Cross-Listed with HUM (Art History/Museum Studies). Counts towards SSC or HUM major.
Coördinator
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Docenten
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