The Methodology, Ideology and Pedagogy of African Art

ISBN-13: 9781032484334 / Twarda / 2024 / 320 str.

Opis

This edited volume, including contributions from scholars with different areas of specialization, investigates a broad range of methodologies, ideologies and pedagogies focusing on the study of the art of Africa, using theoretical reflections and applications from primitivism to metamodernism.

Spis treści

Introduction: Metamodern African Art Studies: Traditions, Innovations and Interventions 1. On the Invention of ‘Traditional’ African Art 2. Sensiotics, or the Study of the Senses in Material Culture and History in Africa and Beyond 3. Dancing Nkhoba: The Flow of Movement, Sound, and Healthy Bodies in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania 4. African Meanings, Western Words 5. Chwuechology: Indigenous African Art Education 6. Azande and Mangbetu Artists as Social Critics in the Belgian Congo 1909-1915: What Are the Implications for Contemporary Artists and Museums Today? 7. Cloth as Metaphor in Egungun Costumes 8. Conflict and Peace: Gender and Spiritual Dimensions of Egúngún Performance 9. Ìbà Fún Obìnrin: Monochromatic Mythography of Yoruba Female Power 10. Creativity and Identity Construction in Contemporary Yoruba Art 11. African Art, the Venice Biennale, and the Politics of Visibility 12. The Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors: Africa in New Orleans 13. Speaking into Being: The Resonance of Empathy in the Sculpture of Elizabeth Catlett 14. Antonius Roberts and Public Sanctuaries 15. Reflections and Reminiscences Revisited: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, African-Based Worldviews, and Cross-Cultural Diasporic Connections 16. Akwaaba/Continuum: Manifesto of an African Artist 17. Èṣù Ẹlẹ́gba Agency in the Critical Imagery of African American Artist John Yancey  18. Towards a Sonic African Diasporic Re-membering  Voices  1. Performing Justice for Everyday People  2. Laser Focused 3. Curating Contemporary African Art 4. Writing African Art

O autorze

Moyo Okediji is a professor of African art history at the University of Texas, Austin.