-Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artforms and arttists as divers. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect for the art of the world's cultures. Inclusion of individuals ofdiffering ethnicities, genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, religions, economic status and educational levels is valued. Pluralism honours differences within and between equitavle groups while seeing their commonalities (para 1)
AUT University.(2011). Academic Literacies in Visual Communication 2 : Resource Book. New Zealand, Auckland: Lyceum Press
2.How would you describe New Zealand 's current dominant culture?
-The culture of New Zealand is largely ingerited from English and European custom , interwoven with Maori and Polynesian tradition but now a days there are so many kinds of different country's people come to New Zealand for the leaving so that NZ is a cosmopolitan culture that reflects its changing demographics.
Therefore, i think New Zealand 's own culture also little bit has been changed to more harmonious with other culture such as some Chinese's light (lamp) festival hold in Auckland city or other countuies's traditional festival hold so that NZ culture become more like diversify todays. Also, the city has been developed , the New Zealand original resident's living place changed countryside to city and in case of Art field also has been widen by affecting other culture.
3.Before 1840, what was New Zealand's dominant culture?
-Personally, the terms of before 1840 that the Maori people 's culture were New Zealand's major culture at that time because there is no other people and no other language before 1840. Actually, the Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of NZ and they probably arrived some part of Polynesia places before 1300 and then they settled the island and developed a distinct culture. I think before 1840 that time NZ's cultures of features were tended histotic and undeveloped . Some central dultura events is the marae, where families and tribes gather for special occansions, such as powhiri or tangi and there were some traditional art like carving, weaving, kapa haka , whaikorero and moko.
4.How does the Treaty of Waitangi relate to us all as artists and designers working in New Zealand?
-I think that the Treaty of Waitangi relates to artists and designers because of after that traty, New Zealand has two 'HIGH CULTUREA' traditions which are Maori and Western. Before the traty, there was limit materials and information for the artists and designer but the maori started borrowing from western culture and imported from overseas like Britain and the United States and then those arttists and designers has beed developed though each culture and sharing .
5.How can globalization be seen as having a negative effect on regional dicersity in New Zealand in particular?
-The Globalization is the tendency of businesses , technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world, or the process of making this happen. (ALVC book p.47)
i think that the feature of globlization has negative things and positive things. Firstly the thing of upbeat is if the culture of NZ will become more globalize, other countires's people knows NZ 's culture and it brings economic development and making a money . However, there is a negative effect on this situation, i saw the video that teachers shows to us. The situation of Moana Jackson was the negative effect. She could not use her actual name because of a german? company already used it . These things shows that the situation of globalization brings droping NZ's reputation . But i think Maori people or other people should participate in protecting their own culture before taken away from us.
6. Shane Cotton's paintings are said to examine the cultural landscape. Research Cotton's work "Welcom"(2004) and "Forked Tongue"(2011) to analyze what he is saying about colonialization and the treaty of waitangi.
Welcom (2004) Shane Cotton
Forked Tongue(2011) Shane Cotton
The painting of 'Forked Tongue" , there is some Maori designs and red lines and the mood is really scary. Maybe, it represented the situation of colonialization the culture of Maori .
7.Tony Albert's installation "Sorry"(2008) reflect the effects of colonization on the aboriginal people of Australia. Research the work and comment on what Alberts is communicating through his work, and what he is referring to. Describe the materials that Albert uses on this installation and say what he hopes his work can achieve.
-The meaning of KITSCH is something of tawdry design, appearnce , or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
I think that he want to say to indigenous Australians who have suffered as a result of past mistreatment by the government of Australia and he introduces us to a forest of faces, each of which shares a history with those stolen from people, land and culture also, it represents a false identity. Moreover, as he made this installation he want to keep their own original history and culture that was colonized and as a viewers can knows the history and people's feeling though his work. In this poing , the work of Shane Cotton was similar with him.
8.Explain how the work of both artists relates to pluralism.
- i believe that the artist Tony Albert and Shane Cotton some part of their work relates to pluralism. Also, both of artist was trying to descibe the point of their history and cultural things though their work.
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