ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Visual Artifact, Emic And Etic, Seattle Art Museum
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Communities of origin: the original owners and the original makers. Cultural belongings: to recognize that there is a longstanding relationship between the community to a certain object, even if the ownership no longer belongs to them (it remains as their cultural property) > recognition of the inalienable ownership. Alienable: something that when it is sold, it is completely transferable to their new owner (western conception of belonging) Inalienable: something that when it is transferred, there is still a cultural belonging. Super bowl 2014 case study seattle seahawks vs. denver broncos (where each museum betted on the outcome and chose a certain museum piece that they thought to illustrate the team/their mascot, and whoever wins will be able to loan the opponent"s museum piece) The broncho buster by frederic remington and the hulk raven forehead mask from the nuxalk nation. The museums chose those artworks depending on what their mascot illustrated and appealed directly to the fans of the sport.
