This unit critically analyses the visual culture of modern imperialism and cultural histories of resistance. We engage diverse artistic practices and multiple geographies: from imperial city planning in the metropole to parodic street theatre in the colonies; from exoticized and primitivist colonial imagery to the visual culture of wars of resistance. This unit engages with post-colonial and Indigenous perspectives, critical race theory and debates about global histories of art as tools for critically analysing the visual histories of economic and territorial imperialism, as well as their contentious contemporary legacies.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Art History |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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ARHT2071 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Mary Roberts, mary.roberts@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Mary Roberts, mary.roberts@sydney.edu.au |
Tutor(s) | Hannah Bradshaw, hannah.bradshaw@sydney.edu.au |
Donnalyn Xu, donnalyn.xu@sydney.edu.au |