Indian Ocean Visual Cultures.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Examines the histories of artistic exchange across the Indian Ocean world, from the Swahili Coast of Africa to the Indonesian archipelago in Asia. Provides an introduction to the artistic and architectural traditions of Africa, Arabia and Asia shaped by mobility, trade and transcultural exchange across oceanic routes. Highlights key objects, sites and aesthetic practices while fostering critical engagement with the historical and cultural dynamics of the Global South.