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240029 VO Introduction to the Anthropology of Art (3.3.6) (2022W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
- Wednesday 25.01.2023 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Thursday 30.03.2023 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
- Friday 26.05.2023 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
- Friday 30.06.2023 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Wednesday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Students are expected to write an exam at the end, which will consist of questions to which they have to provide short written answers.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
To pass the course, students have to reach at least 51% of all points.
1: 100 % bis 91 %
2: 90 % bis 76 %
3:75 % bis 61 %
4: 60 % bis 51 %
5: 50% and lower
1: 100 % bis 91 %
2: 90 % bis 76 %
3:75 % bis 61 %
4: 60 % bis 51 %
5: 50% and lower
Examination topics
Content of the lectures, selected provided audio/visual materials, and selected key texts
Reading list
Belting, Hans, and Andrea Buddensieg, eds. 2009. The global art world: Audiences, markets, and museums. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
Bunzl, Matti. 2016. In search of a lost avant-garde: An anthropologist investigates the contemporary art museum. Paperback edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Fillitz, Thomas, and Paul van der Grijp, eds. 2018. An anthropology of contemporary art: Practices, markets, and collectors. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Foster, Hal. 1995. The Artist as Ethnographer? In The traffic in culture: Refiguring art and anthropology, ed. George E. Marcus and Fred R. Myers, 302-09. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.
Gell, Alfred. 1998. Art and agency: Towards a new anthropological theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Marcus, George E., and Fred R. Myers, eds. 1995. The traffic in culture: Refiguring art and anthropology. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.
Morphy, Howard, and Morgan Perkins, eds. 2007. The anthropology of art: A reader. Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology 7. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Sarr, Felwine, and Bénédicte Savoy. 2019. Die Rückgabe des afrikanischen Kulturerbes. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz.
Schneider, Arnd, ed. 2010. Between Art and Anthropology: Contemporary Ethnographic Practice. Oxford: Berg.
Steiner, Christopher B. 1994. African art in transit. Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 94. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Velthuis, Olav, ed. 2015. Cosmopolitan Canvases: The Globalization of Markets for Contemporary Art. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
Bunzl, Matti. 2016. In search of a lost avant-garde: An anthropologist investigates the contemporary art museum. Paperback edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Fillitz, Thomas, and Paul van der Grijp, eds. 2018. An anthropology of contemporary art: Practices, markets, and collectors. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Foster, Hal. 1995. The Artist as Ethnographer? In The traffic in culture: Refiguring art and anthropology, ed. George E. Marcus and Fred R. Myers, 302-09. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.
Gell, Alfred. 1998. Art and agency: Towards a new anthropological theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Marcus, George E., and Fred R. Myers, eds. 1995. The traffic in culture: Refiguring art and anthropology. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.
Morphy, Howard, and Morgan Perkins, eds. 2007. The anthropology of art: A reader. Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology 7. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Sarr, Felwine, and Bénédicte Savoy. 2019. Die Rückgabe des afrikanischen Kulturerbes. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz.
Schneider, Arnd, ed. 2010. Between Art and Anthropology: Contemporary Ethnographic Practice. Oxford: Berg.
Steiner, Christopher B. 1994. African art in transit. Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 94. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Velthuis, Olav, ed. 2015. Cosmopolitan Canvases: The Globalization of Markets for Contemporary Art. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
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Aims, contents and methods of the course
By the end of the lecture, students will be able to:
Independently recount major theoretical and methodological developments in the anthropology of art
Understand the questions art-anthropologists ask in their research, and the methods employed to answer those questions
speak critically to established and emerging key debates in the field
to communicate the relevance of art-anthropological research to broader (inter-)disciplinary issues
The contents of this lecture will cover:What is an "anthropology" of art? Which questions do art-anthropologists ask? What are the differences and similarities to other disciplines?
Early anthropological studies on art, and their relevance for anthropology today
Art and the study of material culture, debates on "primitivism"
Methods and methodological approaches in the anthropology of art
Art, Agency, and Technology
Art in motion and the traffic in culture
Global art worlds and the study of contemporary art
Art as a commodity; issues of authenticity, collecting, and displaying
Debates on decolonizing museums
Newer art-anthropological approaches and researchMethods
The course involves lectures with the use of audio and visual materials, and provides the opportunity for questions and debate.