Visual arts in Cameroon : a genealogy of non-formal training 1976-2014 /

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Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schemmel, Annette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective. [2015]
Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2015]
Mankon, Cameroon :
Temas:
Art > Cameroon.
Art, Cameroonian.
Art camerounais.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright page; Title page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1
  • Introduction; Important Terms and Theories; Dismantling the Myth of the Autodidact Artist; Scholarship to Date; Methodological Reflections; Organisation of Chapters; Chapter 2
  • Antecedents: The Emergence of Modern Art in Cameroon; Ibrahim Njoya and the Bamum Drawings; Engelbert Mveng, an Artist/Curator in Cassock; Learning Art the Non-formal Way in the 1950s: The Case of Martin Abossolo; Being an Art Academic After Independence: The Case of Gaspar Gomán.
  • The Quest for an "Authentic" National Culture in the Public Discourse and its Impact on Visual ArtThe Institutional Void; Chapter 3
  • Collective Action and Intergenerational Solidarity among Artists (1976-1991); President Paul Biya is the New Amadou Ahidjo: The Political Context; A Shift in Agency: New Organisations by Art Amateurs and Artists; The Système de Grands Frères; Contextualisation: Cameroon's Art World in the 1980s; Chapter 4
  • The 1990s: The Empowerment of a New Artist Generation through Non-formal Training; The Effects of the "Smouldering Years."
  • The Shortcomings of Families, General Schooling and Art Education in Fostering Artistic TalentFormative Encounters with Art Professionals from the Diaspora and the Former Imperial Countries; Discursive Agency: A Path to Artistic Self-Empowerment; The Effects of a Decade of Change; Chapter 5
  • Becoming an Artist in a "Connexionist" Age; Internet and Studio Programmes: Tools for a New Generation; Artists' Grassroots Initiatives; Artistic Knowledge Sharing through Projects; Becoming a Contemporary Artist; Being Connected, Flexible and Precarious in the Global Field of Art.
  • Chapter 6
  • Learning from Cameroon's History of Non-formal TrainingConsequences of State Neglect for Art/s Education; Tactic Communality instead of Auto-Didactism; The Dilemmas of Critical and Socially-Engaged Art; Non-formal Training of Visual Artists from the 1970s to the 2000s: An Assessment; Guiding the State's New Interest in Visual Art; Notes; Bibliography; Table of Figures; Index; Back cover.

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