Quiz 1.Define expressive culture? 2. _________________are the culturally embedded and specific definitions of what art is. Bonus (worth 25 each) Who was the American anthropologist who asserted that the artist(s) within a culture should be studied and interviewed? Define ethno-musicology

Theater A form of entertainment, related to other forms such as dance, music, parades, competitive games and sports, and verbal art, that seeks to entertain through acting, movement and sound.

Architecture Like many art forms, architecture reflects the values, social/class rank, and religious beliefs of an individual culture. Architecture also reflects the age, gender and training of the individual(s) who construct the building.

What do our Buildings say about us?

Interior Design Like the external Architecture of a building the interior is equally important to the inhabitants. Cultural traditions of the world design/plan their homes to serve the needs of the inhabitants, environment and religious traditions.

What do the interiors of our homes say about us?

Gardens and Flowers

***Heterotopia: – Something formed from elements drawn from multiple and diverse contexts. – Heterotopia can be applied to architecture, dress, food, interior design, and gardens. – Gardens the world over reflect the beliefs and needs of the originating culture(s). (For example Japanese gardens and European gardens serve different functions to the inhabitants).

Museums and Repatriation Museums – are institutions that collect, preserve, interpret and display objects or artifacts on a regular basis. ***Repatriation – is the returning of art or other artifacts from museums to the people with who they originated.

Play, Leisure and Culture **There are several characteristics of what culture dubs play or leisure time: 1. It is an unnecessary activity 2. It serves no direct utilitarian purpose for the participants 3. It is limited in terms of time 4. It has rules 5. It may contain chance and tension Interestingly, leisure activities often overlap with play. -World-wide sports competitions (World Cup soccer etc) -Games, hobbies and recreational travel.

Games and Sports ***Blood sport – A competition that explicitly seeks to bring about a flow of blood from, or even the death of, human- human contestants, human-animal contestants or animal-animal contestants. (cock fights, bull fights, wrestling, MMA fights, Sumo wrestling etc). – Many leisure activities combine pleasure and pain including– mountain climbing, marathon running, horseback riding, playing football and boxing.

Colonialism and Syncretism Western colonialism had dramatic effects on the expressive culture of indigenous populations. In some cases, colonial disapproval of native art forms, songs, language and sport resulted in their extinction. Some indigenous cultures rebelled against the suppression of their lifestyle(s) but others found ways to couple their cultural traditions and with those of the colonizing culture(s).

Leisure Travel, Tourism’s complex effects on indigenous cultures Global tourism has had varied effects on indigenous arts and music. – In many cases, Tourists demand for ethnic arts and souvenirs has led to the mass production of sculpture, woven goods, or jewelry. – Tourists’ interest in seeing “native,” dances, musical concerts and theaters has led to abbreviated forms of the actual performance.

Are you that guy?

Material Cultural heritage – The sites, monuments, buildings, and movable objects considered to have outstanding value to humanity. Intangible cultural heritage – UNESCO’s view of culture as manifested in oral traditions, languages, performing arts, rituals and festive events, knowledge and practices about nature and the universe, and craft-making.