Exam 17: Art and Media

What is one of the crucial aspects of the anthropological approach to understanding art?

What is reflected in decisions about what is displayed as fine art?

Why did Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins apply the photographic gaze to National Geographic magazines?

The film Exit Zero traces the journey of an anthropologist's family as they cope with what?

In Christopher Steiner's ethnography of art in Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire, who are the primary consumers of locally produced art?

What is the predominant export destination of West African art?

What would ethnomusicologists be most likely to study?

Jessica Winegar studied post-9/11 attempts by institutions to bridge cultural differences with media. What category was rarely featured at the exhibits designed to improve relations?

West African art traders often rely on a network of what?

What did Lutz and Collins conclude after their investigation of National Geographic photos?

The importance of "provenance"-or the origins of a piece of "fine art" or an antique-has long been a critical component of its value for buyers. The text discusses a similar type of evaluation that occurs depending on the perceived "authenticity" of so-called primitive art. Using the specific example of the art produced by artists in West Africa, explain how this way of producing art is marketed as authentic and what that means. How does this approach to both art and its value and authenticity help engage these artists with a global market?

Immanuel Kant and Georg Hegel argued that humans' determination of beauty is determined by:

Why is Morrinho important to anthropologists?

Anthropologists see art as all the ideas, forms, techniques, and strategies that humans use to do what?

What do anthropologists call the assertion that human beings have an intrinsic way of determining what is beautiful?

In Steiner's research among the wood carvers of Abidjan, what characteristic is pivotal in determining the monetary value of art?

What form of technology emerged in the twentieth century as a dominant form of global communication, impacting art and art production?

Evaluate this statement: "As people become frustrated with the lack of intimacy provided by electronic technologies, this form of communication will become less important in coming decades." Is it true or false? Use examples from the text to support your conclusion.

What global forces are predominantly at work as a result of local steel mill closures in the film Exit Zero?

Discuss the relationship of art and the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. How did the institutions-galleries, museums, and others-come to a decision about why art might be useful as a means of bridging the cultural "gap" left by the attack? What was the result of their effort? What could have been done differently and why?