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23161-01 - Proseminar: The Cityscape and Contemporary African Art (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2009 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Fiona Siegenthaler (fiona.siegenthaler@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Contemporary African art and its global presence - as in most parts of the world - is directly linked to urbanization. For many artists, the city is the place to be, the site of inspiration, the economic source and the nod of an informational and institutional network which reaches far beyond the country borders. In order to understand the influence of African art history as well as the urban context on today's art production, we will draw a closer look at the most important art centres which have evolved since the 60s, but also on the crucial aspects of urbanization in Africa. This will serve us as a basis to look at different recent strategies, media and topics used by selected contemporary artists: How do they perceive their or an other African city? How is it represented and interpreted in their work? What is their very role and aim within this cityscape and under what conditions do they work? This local perspective, finally, will be broadened to an internationally oriented view, considering questions about global economic and institutional power relations. Not only the art, but increasingly also the artists become mobile; some of them make their living as jetsetters or are based in the Diaspora. They are part of a global network in which "the African city" often remains an important reference. |
| Literatur | Enwezor, Okwui (Ed.): The Short Century: independence and liberation movements in Africa 1945-1994, München: Prestel 2001 (Ausst.Kat. Museum Villa Stuck, München 2001 et al.) Enwezor, Okwui et al. (2002): Under Siege: Four African Cities - Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos. Documenta 11, Platform 4, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Förster, Till (2008): "Visual Presence and Competition in Urban Africa", in: Critical Interventions, 2008, Nr. 2, S. 59-79 Förster, Till (2004) : "Negotiating the Contemporary: artists in a globalizing art world", in: Cordula A. Grewe (Ed.), Exhibiting the Other: Museums of Mankind and the Politics of Cultural Representation, Washington D.C., S. 309-327 Förster, Till (1996): "'Schildermalerei' oder 'Urban Art'? Postmoderne Ansätze in der Interpretation afrikanischer Kunst", in: Paideuma, Nr. 42, S. 255-266 Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield (1999): Contemporary African Art, London/New York: Thames & Hudson 1999 Oguibe, Olu and Okwui Enwezor (1999): Reading the Contemporary. African Art from Theory to the Marketplace, London: inIVA Subirós, Pep, Ed. (2001): Africas. The Artist and the City. A Journey and an Exhibition, Barcelona: 2001 (Exhib. Cat.) Afrika Remix. Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz 2004 (Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf 2004, touring exhibition; also English version available) |
| Weblink | http://www.unibas-ethno.ch/studium/lehrv |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Die Teilnehmerzahl ist beschränkt. Anmeldung über ISIS. Studierende anderer Fächer NUR nach Rücksprache mit der Dozentin |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | www.isis.unibas.ch |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Raum/Bewegung (Bachelor Studienfach: Gesellschaftswissenschaften) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Students are expected to attend the Proseminar on a regular basis and to make an active oral or written contribution which will be defined at the first meeting. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Ethnologisches Seminar |