(TPA) Review

Review

Review The Pacific Arts works in the presentation below.

Can you answer the following questions?

  1. What are some common cultural practices and art forms among the peoples of Oceania?
  2. Why do some of the Oceanic cultures create small and fragile works of art, while others create monumental and permanent works?
  3. Why has there been a revival of cultural heritage practices and indigenous art forms among various peoples of Oceania?
  4. What is the relationship of art and ritual in Oceanic cultures?
  5. What is the role that mortuary rites and memorial festivals have on art and culture?
  6. What is bark cloth, and what is its importance to social structure and ritual?
  7. How do we understand much of Oceanic history? How does this history get translated to outsiders?

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