ARTH 2006 Lecture 6: ARTH 2006 course outline 2014
26 Oct 2015
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Art of the first peoples: the northwest coast, the southwest and the arctic. New sun chair in aboriginal art and culture. This course presents a selective survey of pre-contact, historic and contemporary arts of the. Aboriginal peoples of the northwest coast, the southwest and the arctic regions of north. The role art plays in expressions of political power, group identity, cosmological belief and presentation of the individual self will be explored. Throughout the course, specific attention will be paid to the impact of colonialism, gender, touristic commodification of artistic styles, and the creation of art as a special category of cultural production. Required texts (available at haven books, 43 seneca at sunnyside): Berlo, janet and ruth b. phillips, native north american art, oxford/new york: oxford. Square bracketed numbers on the slide lists [ ] reference images in whiteford. Most readings can be accessed electronically on the course website.
