Minds on – art inquiry In small groups you will be given a piece of Indigenous art. You can look up the source on your phones to see it in colour if you wish. Your job is to create questions based on this piece of art. Basically, what do you want to know? Keep the concepts of worldview, creation stories/myth, values of land and place/exile in mind.
Top of the world nb gurung
The whirling log Frank martin
Rama series 1 travis shilling
Dreamtime sisters Colleen Wallace nungari
Video Clip – wanda nanibush As you watch consider the following: What types of issues does she discuss/identify? How do you think art can be a vehicle to address those issues? How might this connect to the concept of worldview?
Art as survival - article Read the article you’ve been given. Highlight passages that reflect the concept of using art as a tool to maintain worldview.
How have indigenous people maintained their worldview? Recreate the table below. On your own or with a partner consider how you would answer the question in the centre using different aspects of worldview that we’ve discussed the past few weeks. Look back in your notes and use any terms/discussion to help! Values of Land Creation Stories/Myth Art Concepts of Place How have indigenous people maintained their worldview?