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10:001 or 10:003 Unit ~ Cultural Appreciation, Cultural Appropriation:
Mapping the Place of "Others" in Popular and Museum Culture
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Formal Assignments
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ReaderFeldman, Downs, and McManus (eds.). In Context: Participating in Cultural
Conversations. New York: Longman, 2002. Unit 1 discusses issues of authenticity and youth culture. CoursepackFogel, Jonathan. “Editorial.” World of Tribal Arts.
7 (Winter/Spring 2002): 11. This brief editorial deals with disputes over important national artifacts that have been removed from their country of origin, especially focusing on a recent New York case stemming from these cultural patrimony issues. The editorial eventually argues that as globalization continues to soften national boundaries, art and cultural artifacts should be considered global—rather than national—property. Gibbs, N. and N. Harbert. “This Land
is Their Land.” Time. 127 (14 January 1991): 18-19. In the context of reviewing many American Indian court cases and controversies, this brief article offers a few paragraphs that explain the problems with relics and bodies having been taken from tribes by anthropological museums. Lidchi, Henrietta. “The Poetics and Politics of Exhibiting Other
Cultures”. In Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying
Practices. Stuart Hall, ed. Open University Press. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage, 1997: 151-222. This is a long, somewhat academic article (though it is in a textbook-type format and geared for undergraduate students) that explores issues of representing minority/“primitive” cultures in First World museums. It also includes photos and additional excepted readings at the end of the chapter. The coursepack will include the entire article for reference, though students will only be reading a few sections of it. Monreal, Luis. “Problems and Possibilities in Recovering Dispersed
Cultural Heritage”. Museum International. 53 (October/December
2001): 75-79. This article, reprinted from 1979, reviews national outcry about stolen artifacts from countries around the world and responses by various world organizations like UNESCO. It details various museum efforts to get back cultural heritage, including both Peru and Panama’s success in retrieving artifacts from five U.S. museums. “Museums as Centers of Controversy.” Daedalus. 128
(Summer 1999): 185-229. This is a thorough review of issues of appropriation/appreciation in museums, focusing on laws and regulations that impact museum acquisitions as well as the role of museums in education and cultivating appreciation for other cultures. Additional Resources for InstructorsDuCille, Ann. “Black Barbie and the Deep Play of Difference”.
In Feminism and Cultural Studies. Morag Shiach, ed. New York: Oxford
University Press: 106-132. Reviewing Mattel’s efforts to create and sell non-white Barbie dolls, this article explores the role of mass production and marketing in erasing racial difference even as it proliferates racialized objects. Hall, Stuart, ed. Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices. Open University Press. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1997. hooks, bell. “Eating the Other.” Black Looks: Race and Representation. Boston: South End Press, 1992: 21-39. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. “Objects of Ethnography.” Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display. Karp, Ivan and Steven D. Levine (eds). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991: 386-433. Visual Anthropology is an academic journal both students and instructors can use. |