Feb 01, 2025  
University of Alberta Calendar 2024-2025 
    
University of Alberta Calendar 2024-2025

NS 260 - Contemporary Indigenous Art


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Faculty of Native Studies
Department Native Studies
Typically Offered either term

Description
This course is an introduction to the visual forms of contemporary Indigenous art and examines a broad selection of contemporary Indigenous art with an emphasis on the philosophical and cultural statements made through artistic expression. Emphasis will be placed on North American Indigenous artists and their visceral expressions as they explore and challenge issues of racism, cultural appropriation, gender, sexuality, representation and the colonial encounter.