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1997
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Kia ora koutou, talofa lava, kia orana, malo e lelei, ni sa bula,
fakaalofa lahi atu.
Change is a very important component in Polynesian culture. This quality has only been
acknowledged recently with greater scholarly attention being paid to the exciting
diversity and rich permutations of cultural expression which have found expression
around the Pacific rim most spectacularly since the arrival of palagi/pakeha. This course
is one of a growing number being run within the context of tertiary institutions around
Aotearoa addressing the work of First Nation artists. This new attention acknowledges
the importance and uniqueness of our South Pacific cultural context and heritage.
Because of the pioneering nature of this shift in focus the contributions of both student
and lecturer are vital to it's ongoing development. With your kete and our kete of
knowledge and experience, we will build something together.
Background
The paper 'Maori and Polynesian Arts' was first taught in 1993 in the Art History
Department. Introducing students to a range of current activity in Maori and Pacific
Island visual arts, this paper encourages students to make connections between taonga
and forms being produced today. It looks at major developments in the work of these
artists since the 1950's and explores a range of ideological positions for reading current
Maori and Pacific art.
The importance of cultural change as a survival mechanism, the traditional base leading
artists have started, departed from or returned to; the cross cultural assimilation and
redefinition involved in their work, First Nation art context and the implications of
outside cultural definition and analysis. Historical models and contemporary theoretical
positions will be referred to providing a context for the innovative work of contemporary
artists operating within this paradigm. Social factors will also be examined to help
account for new directions being taken.
Office hours:
Rangihiroa Panoho Tuesday 11:00-12:00
Friday 10:30-11:30
LECTURE TIMETABLE
Place: Architecture Lecture Theatre
Time: 2.00-3.00 Wednesday
2.00-3.00 Friday
Lecturer: Rangihiroa Panoho
SEMESTER 2
July 23 What is Maori art?
July 25 Charles Frederick Goldie: the mana of the artist versus that of the
sifter
July 30 Landscape and people as taonga
August 1 Maori/Pacific Connections
August 6 Nga Poropiti
August 8 Rangi and Papa Separated Again
August 13 Paratene Matchitt
August 15 Separation of Rangi and Papa Revisited
August 20 FIRST TEST
August 22 Guest Lecture : Jim Vivieaere
August 27 Guest Lecture: Tivaevae maker
August 29 Community Art
TUTORIAL PROGRAMME
The programme this year will focus on and develop issues raised in the lectures. This will
be a time for students to share their views and explore the field of Contemporary Maori
and Polynesian arts. Some tutorials will be held within the context of the art gallery or
museum. Tutorials are optional but it is recommended that students attend in order to
gain an insight into the topic. The programme runs weekly starting from the second week
of term (30 July - 1 August) at the following times:
Wed 12.00-1.00 GOl (N.B reliant on no.'s)
Wed 3.00-4.00 GOl
Fri 12.00-1.00 GOl
Fri 3.00-4.00 GOl
The requirements of this paper are one 2,000 word essay and a three hour examination at
the end of the semester.
In either case wherever the examination is higher than the coursework it will be the mark
recorded. If you decide to take the test option, BOTH tests must be sat.
Note that in general students fare better in coursework than in the final examination.
These will be given out in the first lecture on July 23, ALT 1.
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CONTEMP ORA RY
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PACIFIC - GENERAL
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"Kauae Moko, 1996" (visual)
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King, Michael
"Tattooing", JPS, 84: 431 - 40; 85: 551
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PARATENE MATCHITT
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MINIMALISM
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Wanganui, p.47-54.
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BINARY OPPOSITES
McEvillery, T. Art and Otherness, Crisis in Cultural Identity, McPherson and Company,
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