Artifak

Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78920-042-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this generates, such as authentication of actions and things, indigenized copyright, and kastom disputes over ownership and the nature of kastom itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deblock, Hugo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Art and Commodity in Vanuatu

Chapter 1. Art, Anthropology, and Tourism

Chapter 2. Arts of Vanuatu

Chapter 3. Making Authenticity

Chapter 4. Selling Authenticity

Chapter 5. Commodities and Authenticity

Chapter 6. Museums

Conclusion: Artifak: The Value of Art in Vanuatu

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Deblock, Hugo
Hugo DeBlock is a Guest Professor at Ghent University and The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Vanuatu, and his most recent research focuses on visual anthropology, film, and representation in Vanuatu, Zanzibar, and Tanzania.

Hugo DeBlock is a Guest Professor at Ghent University and The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Vanuatu, and his most recent research focuses on visual anthropology, film, and representation in Vanuatu, Zanzibar, and Tanzania.