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Danto, Dutton, and our preunderstanding of tribal art and artifacts

Michael Kelly

pp. 39-52

Abstract

How can we understand the art and artifacts of tribal societies, given that the ethnocentric label "tribal" implies that those societies are radically different from our own culturally and conceptually? To begin with, how do we know whether tribal people make an art/artifact distinction? If they do, is it the same as ours? If not, how can we correctly understand what seem to us to be their art and artifacts?

Publication details

Published in:

Gould Carol C., Cohen Robert S (1994) Artifacts, representations and social practice: essays for Marx Wartofsky. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 39-52

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0902-4_3

Full citation:

Kelly Michael (1994) „Danto, Dutton, and our preunderstanding of tribal art and artifacts“, In: C. C. Gould & R.S. Cohen (eds.), Artifacts, representations and social practice, Dordrecht, Springer, 39–52.