ARTHIST 730 A & B
ARTHIST 730

Exploring Pacific Art

Description

Focuses on a range of Maori and Pacific art forms. Themes dealt with include indigenous and migrant voices, memory and notions of belonging, popular culture and its interface with gallery practices, and stereotypes and representation. These topics will be discussed alongside relevant Maori and Pacific writers and theorists, including Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Albert Wendt and Epeli Hau’ofa.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2026 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2026

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Caroline Vercoe

Points

ARTHIST 730A: 15 points

ARTHIST 730B: 15 points

ARTHIST 730: 30 points