Morgan Perkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morgan Perkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morgan |
| FAMILY NAME | Perkins |
| SIGNATURE | PERKINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York at Potsdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cultural Knowledge on Display
The show was a group exhibition that included seven artists from different Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tribal nations. Display practices are fundamentally connected to the many different systems of knowledge that exist within a cross-cultural artworld. Personal connections between generations and a sense of obligation were central themes in many of the artworks. The current historical period marks a resurgence of interest in tradition among the youn…
Asia through Art and Anthropology
Artifacts
An artifact is anything made by humans in the broadest sense. As such, artifacts are a focus of study in sociocultural anthropology both in regard to their production and their wider use and interpretation. The forms of artifacts indicate their potential utilitarian or symbolic functions, yet both form and function may be altered. The things people make become artifacts when people study them as such. In becoming an artifact, the object comes to …
Asia Through Art And Anthropology
How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literally and visually across linguistic, geopolitical and cultural boundaries? This book explores the shifting roles of those who produce, critique and translate creative forms and practices, for which distinctions of geography, ethnicity, tradition and modernity have become fluid. Drawing on accounts of modern and contemporary art, film, literature, fashion and performance, it challen…
Learning the Rules? An Anthropological Approach to Art Education Practices
Consider how art is learned. Are there rules of presentation and behavior that are learned as skills and techniques are acquired? As a preliminary anthropological study of art education, this paper examines the acquisition of knowledge through artistic forms. It takes a cross-cultural approach to contemporary art education that includes artists working with Chinese, Mohawk and Nigerian forms. On one level, education involves training in the skill…
Continuity and Creativity in Iroquois Beadwork
This review essay of Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life focuses on the display of beadwork as a cultural practice that has evolved significantly throughout its history while remaining central to Iroquois identity. The exhibition draws on historical documentation, objects, and imagery that depict the varied uses of beadwork as ritual objects, sources of income, markers of identity, and as works of art. The content and narrative for the disp…
Artists and Anthropologists Talk
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Anthropology & Aesthetics
Continuity and Creativity in Iroquois Beadwork
This review essay of Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life focuses on the display of beadwork as a cultural practice that has evolved significantly throughout its history while remaining central to Iroquois identity. The exhibition draws on historical documentation, objects, and imagery that depict the varied uses of beadwork as ritual objects, sources of income, markers of identity, and as works of art. The content and narrative for the disp…
Artists and Anthropologists Talk
Learning the Rules? An Anthropological Approach to Art Education Practices
Consider how art is learned. Are there rules of presentation and behavior that are learned as skills and techniques are acquired? As a preliminary anthropological study of art education, this paper examines the acquisition of knowledge through artistic forms. It takes a cross-cultural approach to contemporary art education that includes artists working with Chinese, Mohawk and Nigerian forms. On one level, education involves training in the skill…
Asia Through Art And Anthropology
How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literally and visually across linguistic, geopolitical and cultural boundaries? This book explores the shifting roles of those who produce, critique and translate creative forms and practices, for which distinctions of geography, ethnicity, tradition and modernity have become fluid. Drawing on accounts of modern and contemporary art, film, literature, fashion and performance, it challen…
Artifacts
An artifact is anything made by humans in the broadest sense. As such, artifacts are a focus of study in sociocultural anthropology both in regard to their production and their wider use and interpretation. The forms of artifacts indicate their potential utilitarian or symbolic functions, yet both form and function may be altered. The things people make become artifacts when people study them as such. In becoming an artifact, the object comes to …
Asia through Art and Anthropology
Cultural Knowledge on Display
The show was a group exhibition that included seven artists from different Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tribal nations. Display practices are fundamentally connected to the many different systems of knowledge that exist within a cross-cultural artworld. Personal connections between generations and a sense of obligation were central themes in many of the artworks. The current historical period marks a resurgence of interest in tradition among the youn…
Sociology (8 works) · Anthropology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art history (2 works)