| Call Number | 12879 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 2:10pm-4:00pm 934 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH] |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Zoe S Strother |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Scholar activists have spearheaded efforts to “decolonize” the discipline of art history since the 1970s, pushed by the Civil Rights Movement. Africanists were among the first to embrace the concept of “art practice” through study of performance, body art, and assemblage; to introduce video and other experimental display strategies into art museums and classrooms; to make the “ethnographic turn.” And yet, for reasons of race, methodology, and medium, the experimental nature of African art history has not been foregrounded in histories of the discipline. The first half of the seminar will analyze the reception of critical and often controversial interventions into art history by Africanists through texts and exhibitions. It will question the power relations that make possible and curtail the generation of alternative art histories. The second half of the course will focus on the latest literature – how does the study of African art continue to push boundaries? |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Art History and Archaeology |
| Enrollment | 8 students (12 max) as of 9:14PM Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
| Subject | Art History |
| Number | GR8503 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Note | Apply by 5pm, Jan. 4th: https://forms.gle/s23zrcYJuWQaiu5L8 |
| Section key | 20241AHIS8503G001 |