ANT: Module 12 Discussion
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UTF-8Module-12-Globalization-and-Folk-Art.pptxModule 12
Globalization
and Folk Art
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Final Exam
Link appears at the bottom of Module 12 after due date for the module
Posttest: 5 pts due Friday 12/07
Mybama Survey: 10 pts EC due before last day of classes
100 multiple choice, true/false, matching questions
1-2 essays
100 minutes to complete
Essays may be given in advance, contact your instructor
Globalization
The ongoing spread of goods, people, information, and capital around the world
Does globalization=homogenization or differentiation?
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Does globalization=homogenization or diversification?
Globalization
Maritime Europe = 16th century
Industrialization
Factors that influence globalization
Transportation
Telecommunications
World Music
Homogenization, differentiation, or something else?
connect the traditional to the contemporary
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Creative Musical Blends
Cheb Mami with Ziggy Marley
Willie Nelson with Toots
and the Maytals
Afro Celt Sound System
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Characteristics of Art in Nonindustrialized Contexts
Serves useful, practical purposes
in everyday life
in ritual
Uses culturally significant symbols, motifs
Emphasis on repetition
Identity of artist usually not important
Emphasis on process
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Shipibo beer container
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Navajo Sandpainting
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Also known as dry painting – not securing the sand – practiced by tibetian and buddist monks and australian aboriginal
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Characteristics of Art in Industrialized Contexts
Art separated from everyday life
Symbols and motifs independent of context
Emphasis on innovation
Identity of artist is important
Product is paramount--commoditization
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What happens when local artisans produce for the global market?
Preservation or revitalization of native crafts
BUT the product changes
AND social organization changes (shifts in economic, gender, and political hierarchies)
Julian and Maria Martinez in the 1930s
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Black-on-black ware
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Lombok Pottery: From everyday use to decorative object
Cooperatives help women make their living as potters
Men make pottery, as well
Folk Art Movements: Reaction against the mechanization and impersonalization of everyday life
Political aspects--
promoted to support national identity
Psychological aspects--
nostalgia for a ‘simpler’ lifestyle
appeal of the local, particular, unique, and exotic
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Does Globalization= Homogenization or Differentiation?
Are peoples of the world becoming more alike, or are the differences among groups growing?
