Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (ARTH2098)
Semester 2 / 2008

Description

The course in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art has three main aims:

* Provide students with basic geographical and historical frameworks for the study of indigenous visual arts in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.

* Familiarise students with concepts that indigenous peoples have expressed as fundamental to their understandings of relationships between art and life, both historically and in a contemporary context.

* Assist students in developing ideas about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts contribute to cross-cultural critical theory.

The skills that students can expect to gain are:

* Ability to identify historical and geographical origin of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art.

* Ability to conduct a culturally relevant appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts.

* Ability to formulate cross-cultural awareness in the processes of interpretation of visual arts.

The course of lectures, workshops and tutorials includes guest lectures by indigenous artists and scholars.

Assessment

1,000 word Tutorial paper (25%), 2,000 word essay (40%), visual test (25%) and tutorial participation (10%)

Other Details

Levels: Undergraduate
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