In Focus II: Fabricating Power in Twentieth-Century Balinese Textiles
This course will continue the themes of the first In Focus
class (Fabricating Power), exploring the nature of cross-cultural exchange,
colonial power relationships, and the construction of identity in Bali in the
early twentieth century. Specifically, Fabricating Power II will focus on the
production of research and written material for the February 2018 exhibition of
the same name. This includes curatorial involvement through the production of
exhibit labels, the selection of visual elements (such as photographs,
sketches, maps), and the creation of essays and other contextual elements for
the exhibition. Students who take this course will be very involved in the
design and planning of many aspects of the exhibition, taking a practically
oriented approach to the material and delivering focused and relevant research
on the exhibition themes. They will also participate in the planning of
suitable digital interactive modules, catalog graphics and exhibit design. This
course will also involve some contextual study of the production of Balinese
and Southeast Asian textiles and the historical practices of western museums in
ordering and displaying these objects. 3 credits. Satisfies the non-Western
requirement.