xvii, 239 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2017
Notes:
ANTH copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Alternatives: World ontologies and dialogues between contemporary arts and anthropologies / Arnd Schneider -- 2. Anthropology as practice: Artists of Africa and the ethnographic field in contemporary art / Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi -- 3. African art in the global contemporary / Arnd Schneider -- 4. What is art anthropology? / Shinichi Nakazawa -- 5. Art anthropology / Arnd Schneider -- 6. Flowers' life: Notes and reflections on an art-anthropology exhibition / Tadashi Yanai -- 7. Theories in images / Arnd Schneider -- 8. Anthropological studies of urban art districts: The thinking behind the exploration of Dashanzi Art District / Lili Fang -- 9. Dobrak! Taking matters into their own hands / Adeline Ooi -- 10. Turning targets in Indonesia and beyond / Arnd Schneider -- 11. Art and anthropology: Portrait of the object as Filipino / Almira Astudillo Gilles -- 12. In the presence of Filipino art and objects / Arnd Schneider -- 13. Tigers and splashes: An action-oriented art and art education exchange between Bhutan and Switzerland / Dominique Lammli -- 14. Remains and gains: A conversation between Sonam Choki, Dominique Lammli, and Annemarie Bucher on expectations, challenges, benefits, and learning processes / Dominique Lammli -- 15. Ethnography, `pataphysics, copying' / X. Andrade -- 16. Inscription and desinscripcion / Arnd Schneider -- 17. Conversacion de Campo (Field Conversation) / Paula Salas
Summary:
While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to focus on North America, Europe, and Australia; until now, experiences from other regions have been largely absent from mainstream debate. This book rectifies this by offering a ground-breaking new approach to the subject. Entirely dedicated to perspectives from Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the book advances our understanding of the connections between anthropology and contemporary art on a global scale. Across ten chapters, a range of anthropologists, artists, and curators from countries such as China, Japan, Indonesia, Bhutan, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Ethiopia, and Papua New Guinea discuss encounters between anthropology and art from their points of view, presenting readers with new vantage points and perspectives. Arnd Schneider, a leading scholar in the field, draws together the various threads to provide readers with a clear conceptual and theoretical narrative.
