Organiser 4

Module

Recognition

 

Institutions

Appropriation

Economics

Key concepts

Value creation
Ethnographic artifacts
Art objects

Appropriation
Collaboration

Art industry
Exploitation
Empowerment

Key questions How are changing perceptions of Aboriginal people reflected in the collections and displays of institutions? What is copyright? Does the Aboriginal art industry represent exploitation or empowerment?
  How have institutions responded to meet the needs of Indigenous people? What is the role of collaboration in Aboriginal art? How has the Aboriginal art market evolved?
Set text
Morphy, Aboriginal Art

pp. 11- 40; pp. 371-380

pp. 413-420 pp. 282-337
AHT213 Reader Reading 4.1: Jones
Reading 4.2: Anderson
Reading 4.3: Johnson
Reading 4.4: West
Reading 4.5: Benjamin
Reading 4.6: Altman
E-Reserve * Benjamin * Gray None
Discussion Board /Activities Comparing images Copyright detective Art for sale
Assignment 4     Essay
 

Overview

AHT213 Reader Reading 5.1: Yunupingu
Reading 5.2: Foley