Course Description: 

You will be involved in a project to identify and research Oceanic objects in the collection of the Fralin Museum of Art.  Many of these objects have no identification or information about them, other than their donor.  This class will be a hands-on learning experience as well as a discussion and research-based class, designed to serve as an introduction to the art and architecture of Pacific Cultures using objects in the collection of the Fralin Museum of Art as well as the Kluge-Ruhe Museum. Issues of authenticity, temporality, and colonialism will be addressed, as well as issues of museum display of non-western material.