ARTHIST 217
Contemporary Pacific Art
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ARTHIST 217.
Description
Focuses on work by contemporary Pacific artists, exploring the ways that they translate indigenous knowledge and urban experiences into gallery forms such as painting, installation, performance, film and video making. Themes such as migration and diaspora, language and memory, notions of homelands and return and the creation of complex cultural identities will be explored.
Availability 2017
Not taught in 2017
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Caroline Vercoe
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
ARTHIST 217: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points at Stage I in Art History and 30 points passed
Restrictions
ARTHIST 317