ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture 21: The Arts In Culture
1 Dec 2016
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The arts in culture the arts: forms of creative expression that give personal satisfaction. Expressive culture: all the manifestations of human creativity grouped under the term (cid:862)the arts(cid:863) Arts as symbolic: direct or indirect communication, laura bohannan studied the tiv people in nigeria. Ethnomusicology: comparative study of music as an aspect of culture. Arts as integrative and communal instill a sense of shared community. Dance: combined with music, cultural symbols, power to make things happen, physical, used to effect change, altered states of consciousness. Tiwi funeral dances- communal way of expressing grief. Kaluli gisaro- audie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)ur(cid:374)s da(cid:374)(cid:272)ers with tor(cid:272)hes later if they"re happy (cid:894)? (cid:895) Objects and their display: ki(cid:374)g tut"s to(cid:373)(cid:271) re(cid:373)(cid:374)a(cid:374)ts are (cid:374)ot (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e see(cid:374) (cid:271)y others. Ba(cid:272)h"s pie(cid:272)e that was i(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded to (cid:271)e played o(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) throw(cid:374) away, but was saved: objects not produced as art, for display. Art by appropriation: things placed in that category by others.
