1. Expressive Culture

2. Art and Culture ***Expressive culture
The behaviors and beliefs related to art, beauty leisure and play.
Art
The application of imagination, skill and style to matter, movement, and sound that goes beyond what is purely practical.
Art is a human universal that can be expressed through a variety of mediums including– verbal art or storytelling, painting, sculpture, weaving, basketry, architecture, interior design, landscaping, gardens, costume design, body adornment, hairstyles, tattooing etc.

3. are the culturally embedded and specific definitions of what art is.
***Ethno-esthetics
are the culturally embedded and specific definitions of what art is.
In western culture, there is definite separation between what is considered folk art and fine art.
Fine art is typically associated with trained artists(in European tradition), rare, and expense.
Folk art is typically created by untrained artists, primitive/ethnic art/ arts and crafts, not rare or expensive.

4. Fine or Folk art?

6. Piraha people of Brazil appear to have very little visual art
Piraha people of Brazil appear to have very little visual art. However, the Piraha have a rich verbal expression of art through their stories, family histories, legends, myths and folktales.

9. What is considered Beautiful?

10. Studying Art in Society
The anthropological study of art seeks to understand not only the products of art but who makes it and why?
***Franz Boas emphasized the importance of studying the artist in society. Art finds importance in politics, socialization of children, ritual performance, warfare, and reinforcing social/gender roles.

11. Performance Arts
Performance arts include music, dance, theater, rhetoric (public speeches) and narrative.
***Ethnomusicology
The cross-cultural study of music.
Researchers study a range topics including the form of music itself, the social position and sex of the performers.
Music interacts with other domains of culture specifically in—religion and rituals, healing and change in musical traditions

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Battle hymns & Marches US March: UK March: Chinese PLA: Burundi Call to war: Cree Call to war:

13. Cross-culturally music can illicit certain emotions or indicate some important event from the usage of certain rhythms, instruments, and musical compositions. Traditional Folk music Balinese Music: Maya Music: Greek Music: Celtic Music: Chinese Music: American Bluegrass: Mexican Music: Moroccan Music: Australian Music: Indian Music: Tibetan Music: