Contemporary art and anthropology

An Historical Perspective on Contemporary Linguistic Anthropology

Introduction A recent review of a several popular textbooks in cultural anthropology has confirmed my suspicion that there is a significant gap between what linguistic anthropology means to me and what it means to my colleagues in cultural anthropology (and probably in other sub-fields as well). One easy explanation of this gap would be to say that the authors of these textbooks are simply unin...

Participation in Contemporary Art

This presentation aims at providing a better understanding of the role, origin and evolution of participation in contemporary art with a specific focus on technology and participation. It will also provide an overview of participative art models developed in the last decade and the trend they created.

Everyday Aesthetics in Contemporary Art

This article examines the relatively new field of everyday aesthetics and its use in artistic works. I argue anyone can have an aesthetic experience regardless of the source, in the sense that it can happen during daily activities and from the appreciation of banal objects. In addition, contemporary art explores the significance of the prosaic and how people react to a new approach that often r...

The Market for Contemporary Art

From Cyber to Digital Anthropology to an Anthropology of the Contemporary?

This paper is first taking a brief look back on the “anthropology of cyberculture”, formulated as anthropological research area, concept and issue by Arturo Escobar in 1994. Inspired by science and technology studies, he painted a very vivid picture how anthropology and ethnography could contribute to the understanding of new bio and communication technologies as society's transforming driving ...