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The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationship
Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.
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2008
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| author | Allen, Rika |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2304 The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationship Allen, Rika Robins, Steven University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. Art theory Epistemology Complexity HIV/Aids Dissertations -- Sociology and social anthropology Theses -- Sociology and social anthropology Anthropology -- Philosophy Art -- Philosophy Visual anthropology Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. It has been said that anthropology operates in “liminal spaces” which can be defined as “spaces between disciplines”. This study will explore the space where the fields of art and anthropology meet in order to discover the epistemological and representational challenges that arise from this encounter. The common ground on which art and anthropology engage can be defined in terms of their observational and knowledge producing practices. Both art and anthropology rely on observational skills and varying forms of visual literacy to collect and represent data. Anthropologists represent their data mostly in written form by means of ethnographic accounts, and artists represent their findings by means of imaginative artistic mediums such as painting, sculpture, filmmaking and music. Following the so-called ‘ethnographic turn’, contemporary artists have adopted an ‘anthropological’ gaze, including methodologies, such as fieldwork, in their appropriation of other cultures. Anthropologists, on the other hand, in the wake of the ‘writing culture’ critique of the 1980s, are starting to explore new forms of visual research and representational practices that go beyond written texts. Masters 2008-05-07T05:51:38Z 2010-06-01T08:45:36Z 2008-05-07T05:51:38Z 2010-06-01T08:45:36Z 2008-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2304 en University of Stellenbosch 534560 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Art theory Epistemology Complexity HIV/Aids Dissertations -- Sociology and social anthropology Theses -- Sociology and social anthropology Anthropology -- Philosophy Art -- Philosophy Visual anthropology Allen, Rika The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationship |
| title | The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationship |
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| title_short | The anthropology of art and the art of anthropology : a complex relationship |
| title_sort | anthropology of art and the art of anthropology a complex relationship |
| topic | Art theory Epistemology Complexity HIV/Aids Dissertations -- Sociology and social anthropology Theses -- Sociology and social anthropology Anthropology -- Philosophy Art -- Philosophy Visual anthropology |
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