ANTH 1003 Chapter : ANTH Ch 17 Glossary
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Art- all ideas, forms, techniques, and strategies that humans employ to express themselves creatively and to communicate their creativity and inspiration to others. (page 659) Fine art- creative expression and communication often associated with cultural elites. (page 660) Popular art- creative expression and communication often associated with the general population. (page 660) Aesthetic experience- perception through one"s senses. (page 661) Universal gaze- an intrinsic way of perceiving art thought by many in the western art world to be found across cultures that informs what people consider to be art or not art. (page 669) Authenticity- the perception of an object"s antiquity, uniqueness, and originality within a local culture. (page 680) Ethnomuscicology- the study of music in cultural context. (page 680) Kinetic orality- a musical genre combining body movement and voice. (page 680) Global mediascape- global cultural flows of media and visual images that enable linkages and communication across boundaries in ways unimaginable a century ago. (page 686)
