Anthropology and discourses on global art

Author(s)

Thomas Fillitz

Abstract

The notion of 'global art' acknowledges that there are major changes in the art worlds-network, and refers to new concepts of contemporary art and art worlds. The anthropology of art, however, has participated in a limited way in these art theoretical debates, although it could fruitfully contribute to them. This article discusses one major issue of global art using three ethnographic examples from Francophone West Africa: how to analyse the local specificity of contemporary art?

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Journal

Social Anthropology

Volume

23

Pages

299-313

No. of pages

15

ISSN

0964-0282

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12215

Publication date

08-2015

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504017 Cultural anthropology

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology, Anthropology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/anthropology-and-discourses-on-global-art(c80895ae-c6d3-48f2-8065-78fbc89ad39e).html