Methodology, ideology and pedagogy of African art : primitive to metamodern /
"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....
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New York ; London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Metamodern studies of African art: traditions, innovations and interventions / Moyo Okediji
- 1. On the invention of "traditional" art / John Picton
- 2. Sensiotics or the study of the senses in material culture and history in Africa and beyond / Henry John Drewal
- 3. Dancing nkhoba: the flow of sound and healthy bodies in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania / Marguerite E.H. Lenius
- 4. African meanings, Western words / Barry Hallen
- 5. Chwuechology: indigenous African art education / Akinyi Wadende
- 6. Azande and Mangbetu artists as social critics in the Belgian Congo 1909-1915: what are the implications for contemporary artists and museums today? / Nancy Pauly
- 7. Cloth as metaphor in Egungun costumes / Bolaji Campbell
- 8. Conflict and peace: gender and spiritual dimensions of Egúngún performance / Funmi Saliu Imaledo
- 9. Ìbà fún obìnrin: monochromatic mythography of Yoruba female power / Kehinde Adepegba
- 10. Creativity and identity construction in contemporary Yoruba art / Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe
- 11. African art, the Venice Biennale, and the politics of visibility / Janine A. Sytsma
- 12. The spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo warriors: Africa in New Orleans / Cynthia Becker
- 13. Speaking into being: the resonance of empathy in the work of Elizabeth Catlett / Melanie Anne Herzog
- 14. Sacred spaces: Antonius Roberts and public sanctuaries / Moyo Okediji
- 15. Reflections and reminiscences revisited: indigenous knowledge systems, African-based worldviews, and cross-cultural diasporic connections / Andrea E. Frohne
- 16. Akwaaba/continuum: manifesto of an African artist / Rikki Wemega-Kwawu
- 17. Èṣù ẹlẹgba agency in the critical imagery of African American artist John Yancey / Christopher Adejumo
- 18. Toward a sonic African diasporic re-membering / Jacqueline Cofield
- Addendum: Voices / curated by Moyo Okediji. Performing justice for everyday people / Wura-Natasha Ogunji ; Laser-focused / Olu Oguibe ; Curating contemporary African art / Olabisi Silva ; Writing African art / Suzanne Blier.