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Intersections of Cultures: Contemporary Art

Fall 2002

 

Instructors:


Mario A. Caro
Lab II, Rm. 3265, x 6612 carom@evergreen.edu
Joe Feddersen
Lab I, Rm. 1014, x 6393
feddersj@evergreen.edu

Program Web Site:

 

http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/intersections

 

Please note: Since the syllabus will change, this site will contain the latest version of our syllabus, links to other sites that are related to our study of contemporary art, and additional reading assignments. You are responsible for the information updated here. Updates will be announced through our e-mail list.

 

Program e-mail list:

 

http://www.evergreen.edu/lists

 

Follow the links for “program lists” and then “intersections.” This list is meant for us to keep up with news related to our program, share research, and participate in discussion outside the classroom. It will also be used to announce updates to the program web site. You are required to join this list.

 

 

Weekly Schedule

 

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

 

 

10:00 Lecture

12:00

 

Room L1316

 

Group A

10:00 Visual History

12:00 L2126

 

  1:00 Print workshop

  4:00 Lab II, Rm 0219

 

 

 

 

10:00 Video

12:00 L2126

 

 

  1:00

  3:00 Seminar

 

Caro L1507

Feddersen L1508

 

 

Group B

  9:00 Print workshop

12:00 Lab II, Rm 0219

 

  1:00 Visual History

  3:00 LH4

 

 

 

1:00

4:00 open studio

 

Lab II, 0219

 

 

Required Readings:

 

Ostrowits, Judith. Privileging the Past: Reconstructing History in Northwest Coast Art. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1999.

 

Harjo, Joy, et al., eds. Reinventing the Enemy’s Language: Contemporary Native Women’s Writings of North America. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997.

 

Berlo, Janet C. and Ruth B. Phillips. Native North American Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

 

Lippard, Lucy. Partial Recall. New York: The New Press, 1992.

 

Cartwright, Lisa and Marita Sturken. Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

 

Lyons, Oren, et al., eds. Exiled in the Land of the Free: Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1992.

 

All required texts are available for purchase at the college bookstore and are available on-line at various retail sites. These texts are also on reserve at the library. Additional readings will be placed on reserve at the library and/or on the program website.

 

Program Assignments:

 

·         Weekly seminar paper, 1-2 pages.

·         Weekly image research projects

·         Term research paper, 10-15 pages.

·         Term journal containing class notes, field trip observations, and research notes. (This is not meant to be a diary.)

·         Term portfolio, which organizes all of the above and is submitted prior to your evaluation conference.

 

All program assignments must be completed on a timely basis in order to earn credits. Papers must be typed in a reasonable font and double-spaced. Academic honesty is expected; plagiarism will not be tolerated. Class attendance and participation are required.

 

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

 

·         Participation in program content and activities.

·         Seminar preparation and discussion.

·         Learning and academic growth.

·         Merit and academic performance, including timeliness with assignments.

 


 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK 1, September 30th – October 4th
Introduction

 

Monday, September 30th

Introduction to Program

 

Tuesday, October 1st

Introduction to Workshops

 

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: “Introduction,” 1-8.

 

Thursday, October 3rd

Program-wide discussion

 

Readings Due:

 

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 1, “Introduction to the Indigenous Arts of North America.”

-         Lippard: “Preface,” “Introduction.”

-         Lyons: “Preface,” “Forward,” “Introduction,” Chapter 1.

-         Harjo: “Introduction,” 9-31, "Invocation,” 32-34.

 

WEEK 2, October 7th –11th
Plateau

 

Monday, October 7th

Assignment Due: response paper

Readings Due:

 

-          Abbott, online interview with Joe Feddersen [http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews]

-          Interview with Edgar Heap of Birds in I Stand in the Center of the Good.

-          http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/intersections/Heap.pdf

-          Harjo: Gloria Bird (x2), Janet Campbell Hale, Inés Hernández-Ávila, Jeannette Armstrong, Ramona Wilson, Elizabeth Woody

-          Lippard: Rayna Green, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

 

Lecture: Joe Feddersen

 

Tuesday, October 8th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 1

 

Thursday, October 10th

Field trip to Portland Art Museum

WEEK 3, October 14th – 18th
Southwest

Monday, October 14th

Assignment Due: response paper

Readings Due:

 

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 2, “The Southwest.”

-          Harjo: Laura Tohe, Carol Lee Sanchez, Nora Yazzi Hunter, Paula Gunn Allen, Berenice Levchuk, Leslie Marmon Silko(x2), Wendi Rose (x2), Luci Tapahanso (x2), NoraNaranjo-Morse, Ofelia Zepeda.

-          Interview with Nora Naranjo-Morse in I Stand in the Center of the Good

-          http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/intersections/naranjo.pdf

-         Lippard: Ramona Sakiestewa, Gail Tremblay

 

Guest Lecture: Nora Naranjo-Morse

 

Tuesday, October 15th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 2

 

Thursday, October 17th

 

WEEK 4, October 21st – 25th
Southeast

Monday, October 21st

Assignments Due:

-          response paper

-         Thesis and annotated bibliography for your term paper is due by 10:00am.

Readings Due:

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 3, “The East,” 71-8

-          Harjo: Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, Betty Louise Bell, Carolyn Marie Dunn, Catron Gievres, Gladys Cardiff, Jeane Jacobs, A.A. Hedge Coke, Wilma Mankiller, Marilou Awiakta, Carolyn Brandy.

-          Lippard, Jimmie Durham

-          Abbott, online interview with Sara Bastes [http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews/]

 

Guest Lecturer: Sara Bates

 

Tuesday, October 22nd

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 3

 

Thursday, October 24th

 

WEEK 5, October 28th – November 1st
Northeast



Monday, October 28th

Assignments Due:

-          Response paper

-         Outline of your term paper

Readings due:

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 3, “The East,” 88-106

-          Harjo: Katsi Cook, Gail Tremblay(x2), Rita Joe, Roberta Hill (x2), Beth Brant

-         Lippard: Jolene Rickard.

 

Guest Lecturer: Gail Tremblay

 

Tuesday, October 29th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 4

 

Thursday, October 31st

 

WEEK 6, November 4th – 8th
The West

Monday, November 4th

Assignments Due:

-          First draft of your term paper is due by 10:00am.

-         response paper

Readings Due:

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 4, “The West”

-          Harjo:Emma Lee Warrior, Elise Paschen, Scott Kayla Morrison, Alice Lee, Lois Red Elk, Beatrice Medicine, Tiffany Midge, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Lee Maracle, Debra Calling Thunder, Arlene Fire, Marla Big Boy, Mary Brave Bird, Emma LaRocque, Beth Cuthand (x2), Louise Bernice Halfe, Connie Fife, Joy Harjo.

-         Lippard: David Seals, Gerald McMaster.

 

Tuesday, November 5th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 5

 

Thursday, November 7th

 

WEEK 7, November 11th – 15th
Northwest

Monday, November 11th

Assignment Due: Response paper

Readings Due:

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 6, “The Northwest Coast”

-          Harjo: Inez Petersen, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Rosemary Huggins

-          Ostrowitz: Intro, Ch 1-3

 

Guest Lecturer: Hyacinth

 

Tuesday, November 12th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 6

 

Thursday, November 14th

 

WEEK 8, November 18th22nd
Northeast

Monday, November 18th

Assignment Due: response paper

Readings Due:

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 7, “The Twentieth Century”

-          Berlo and Phillips, Chapter 5, “The North”

-          Harjo: June McGlashan, Velma Wallis, Luci Beach, Mary Tallmountain, Josephine Huntington

 

Guest Lecture: Othniel Oomittuk

 

Tuesday, November 19th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter7

 

Thursday, November 21st

 

November 25th – 30th Thanksgiving Break

WEEK 9, December 2nd – 6th
North


Monday, December 2nd

 

Assignments Due:

-          Final draft of your term paper is due by 10:00am.

-          response paper

Readings Due:

-          Ostrowitz, “Introduction,” Ch. 4-5

-          On line interview with Shelley Niro [http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews/]

Guest Lecture: Shelley Niro

 

Tuesday, December 3rd

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 8

 

Thursday, December 5th

 

WEEK 10, December 9th13th
The West and Beyond


Monday, December 9th

Assignment Due: response paper

 

Readings Due:

-          Lippard, Vizenor, Paul Chaat Smith

-          Lyons, Ch. 8

-          Harjo: Janice Gould, Yvonne Lamore-Choate, Linda Noel, Anita Endrezze

 

 

Tuesday, December 10th

Visual Studies reading:

Cartwright and Sturken: Chapter 9

 

Thursday, December 12th

 

Assignment Due: Portfolio to be delivered to your faculty’s office by 5:00pm.