| Course Title: Topics in Art History: 'Anthropology in/of Museums' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: What is a museum, and how is it relevant to all of our lives? This course considers "the museum" as an object of ethnographic inquiry, examining it as a cultural institution perpetually under negotiation and reconfiguration. We reflect on how museum principles of classification, practices of collection and exhibition, and the uptake of digital technologies are central to what and how we know. We investigate and analyze museums as social actors in anthropological debates on power, representation, materiality, value, authenticity, state-making, Indigenous sovereignty, and the preservation and activation of contemporary cultures. The museum is never simply a repository of artifacts, artworks, histories, or scientific inventions, but also a site of tremendous creativity and a field of complex social relations. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Sabra Thorner | sthorner@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | DWGT - Dwight Hall | 202 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 4 credits in Anthropology and Art History. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXMAP0001 | NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History | This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ANTHR-316MU-01 Anthropology in/of Museums |
| ARTH-301MU-01 Anthropology in/of Museums |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |