ARTHIST 730 A & B

Topics in Maori and Pacific Art and Visual Culture


Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for ARTHIST 730.

Description

Focuses on a range of Māori and Pacific art forms and aspects of visual culture exploring their affinities and differences. Themes include indigenous and migrant voices, memory and notions of belonging, popular culture and its interface with gallery practice and stereotypes and representation. Themes and issues are discussed alongside relevant Pacific writers and theorists, including Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Albert Wendt and Epeli Hau’ofa.

Availability 2018

Not offered in 2018; planned for 2019

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Caroline Vercoe

Points

ARTHIST 730A: 15 points

ARTHIST 730B: 15 points

Restrictions

ARTHIST 732, 736