Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Social Aesthetics and Moral Judgment |
| Subtitle of host publication | Pleasure, Reflection and Accountability |
| Editors | Jennifer McMahon |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 180-195 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315148496 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138553262 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Cross cultural aesthetics
- etiquette
- ceremony
- Indigenous art
- museum collections
- inalienable possession
- gift exchange
- fine art
- everyday aesthetics
- social aesthetics
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Cross cultural aesthetics and etiquette. / Coleman, Elizabeth Burns.
Social Aesthetics and Moral Judgment: Pleasure, Reflection and Accountability. ed. / Jennifer McMahon. Abingdon Oxon UK : Routledge, 2018. p. 180-195.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Cross cultural aesthetics and etiquette
AU - Coleman, Elizabeth Burns
N1 - Elizabeth Burns Coleman undertook her Phd in philosophy at the Australian National University. She has held two postdoctoral fellowships, the first at the ANU's Center for Cross Cultural Research, and the second at Monash University, jointly in the Philosophy and Communication programs. She is author of Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation (Sage 2005), numerous chapters and articles on the aesthetics and indigenous art, as well as a contributor to the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anthropology on cross cultural aesthetics. Her current research explores the aesthetic, ethical and political implications of politeness and civility.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In transferring an object created by an Indigenous person into a museum or gallery we generally reclassify it as art, foregrounding the artists’ skills and use of materials. This has been assumed to be a sign of respect. Yet it is also apparent that the artistic and aesthetic qualities that we admire about the objects from other cultures, religions and other periods of history are not necessarily the predominant feature for the creators of those objects. In fact, the creators or guardians of such objects may object to the re-contextualisation that such admiration entails. In such a situation, aesthetic and ethical or political values conflict. This chapter analyses the normative and aesthetic features of the contexts in which the exchange occurs of ‘inalienable possessions’: those objects closely bound with identity. It argues that if aesthetic appreciation has the capacity to create communities of understanding and respect, as has been claimed for it, then this involves an imaginative engagement with the ceremonial contexts for which such objects were produced, including the etiquette of those contexts.
AB - In transferring an object created by an Indigenous person into a museum or gallery we generally reclassify it as art, foregrounding the artists’ skills and use of materials. This has been assumed to be a sign of respect. Yet it is also apparent that the artistic and aesthetic qualities that we admire about the objects from other cultures, religions and other periods of history are not necessarily the predominant feature for the creators of those objects. In fact, the creators or guardians of such objects may object to the re-contextualisation that such admiration entails. In such a situation, aesthetic and ethical or political values conflict. This chapter analyses the normative and aesthetic features of the contexts in which the exchange occurs of ‘inalienable possessions’: those objects closely bound with identity. It argues that if aesthetic appreciation has the capacity to create communities of understanding and respect, as has been claimed for it, then this involves an imaginative engagement with the ceremonial contexts for which such objects were produced, including the etiquette of those contexts.
KW - Cross cultural aesthetics
KW - etiquette
KW - ceremony
KW - Indigenous art
KW - museum collections
KW - inalienable possession
KW - gift exchange
KW - fine art
KW - everyday aesthetics
KW - social aesthetics
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9781138553262
SP - 180
EP - 195
BT - Social Aesthetics and Moral Judgment
A2 - McMahon, Jennifer
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon Oxon UK
ER -