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Intersections
of Cultures: Contemporary Art
Fall
2002
Instructors:
Program Web Site: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/intersections Please
note: Since
,
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
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 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
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. -
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 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 -
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
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