ART and Globalization Anthropology of Art What is art o An object or event that evokes an aesthetic reaction Event productions show o Something that changes an individuals emotions o Expressive culture Art and culture Art encompasses all of culture o Economics o Kinship Cave art reflected people economic behavior How people survived Aztecs hieroglyphics Navajo blankets materinneal kinship groups Congo masks patrineal kinship groups Totem poles Scottish tartan plaid o Marriage Wedding gown Wears white when no one else at the wedding does Bride is supposed to look better than everyone else o Political Mayans Political propaganda political ideas Statue of liberty o Religion Expressions of religion Image of gods and or idols Art and culture Art compasses all of culture o Religion Locating Art What defines art o Something with an aesthetic quality that provokes an emotional response o Location display it We define art by where it is and where people o Purpose or event The production of some kind of object behavior This is not true in all cultures In many societies art is not a separate thing EX wood sculptures o We need to avoid applying our own standards What makes art o The individual artists In western cultures it is an individual act EX Mona Lisa we think of Divenchi not of Italian culture Non western cultures More collective production Produce things that are pretty It is a more collective production EX Tiv of Nigeria made in public people don t just do it by themselves Art society and Culture Art as communication o Artist intentions and audience reactions EX dramas and plays trying to evoke an emotional response o Sometimes it is planned but sometimes it is not EX a memorial o Meaning is connected to culture EX 9 11 memorial in our culture it has a specific meaning but it doesn t mean the same thing to people outside of our culture Cultural transmission of the Arts Art transmitting culture o Storytelling In some societies storytellers are extremely important Cultural ideas that are a part of who they are o Folk Music Different types of music are associated with different cultures Transmission of art o Creation is learned EX family Aruba learning of art Leather workers create art through working with leather EX going to art school More formal specialized skill o Understanding is learned We learn how we understand art from a cultural perspective and a personal perspective o Dependent on cultural background Art Continuity and Change Art continues through time o It changes throughout time as well Art continues to change from this multicultural past o Our culture defines how art changes and what we define as old art new art EX Star Wars Global Culture and Interactions Colonialism way World System Globalism o Cultures now interact with each other in some sort of o We see people do things in our society that doesn t really belong and isn t really from our own culture Colonialism Domination of a culture by a foreign power o It is always cultural European colonialism o 1492 o Expansion of European Power over all other parts of the globe Colonialism and identity o Modern Geo Politics Colonialism created Whole countries New groups ethnicities etc Colonialism lead to The death of millions of people Global economics are the result of colonialism EX the United Nations Emergence of the World System Modern world system o 3 specialization position Core Britain U S Semiperiphey Periphery Third world countries o Everyone is connected through an economic system When something goes wrong in one part of the world it tends to go wrong in other parts of the world World system today o World system theory stresses existence of a global culture Emphasizes linkages The spread of industrialization Undeveloped and underdeveloped countries aren t very industrialized Expansion has led to the destruction of Local economies and indigenous populations Local environments Local peoples themselves Entire cultures are disappearing Contact and Domination Modern cultural contact and conflict o Development and environmentalism o Religious change Intermixing of religious beliefs and ideals Missionization missionaries When multinational corporations come it and o Cultural imperialism change thins o Acculturation Is a world system leading to a single Global Culture People are becoming more acculturated o Westernization A transnational culture of consumption o Global culture and cultural diffusion driven by Technology Movement Western television Media People move all around the world for work People are trying to sell their products on a global scale Making and Remaking Culture o Global influences Creatively reading Local interpretations o EX cell phones o Popular Culture Hollywood Movies The Continuance of Diversity Globalism is Real Increases communication on a global scale Sell these movies all over the world o Ideas get spread out rapidly o But we are not entering a homogenization Not everyone will ever be apart of the same culture o Cultures are constantly changing More now than it ever has before o Creating of new identities People s identities are constantly changing o Maintaining old traditions Some are dying off but many are resisting this trend o Resisting external influences Anti modernism
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