ARTH 413

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Sacred African Diaspora Arts

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Explores African diaspora arts grounded in the diverse aesthetic, philosophical, historical, political, and religious consciousnesses of peoples of African descent living in the Caribbean and the Americas. Focuses on the preservation and ongoing transformations of African visual and religious cultures surviving in African diaspora communities from the period of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present.

Same as AFST 421. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

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ARTH 413 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50192	Lecture-Discussion	HVG	10:30AM -11:50AM	MW	316 Art and Design Building	von Hesse, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: African and African Diaspora Histories and Visual Cultures. Africa’s visual cultures and material legacies transcend the continent’s physical borders. In examining these legacies, we will emphasize the resilience and struggles of enslaved Africans and their descendants in (re)creating some of the main cultural and religious features of the Americas. Rather than discussing African and Black diaspora cultures as separate fields, we will emphasize mutual trans-Atlantic influences in music, art, fashion/textiles, architecture, food, and political identities from the fifteenth century to the present. Graduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	50191	Lecture-Discussion	HVU	10:30AM -11:50AM	MW	316 Art and Design Building	von Hesse, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: African and African Diaspora Histories and Visual Cultures. Africa’s visual cultures and material legacies transcend the continent’s physical borders. In examining these legacies, we will emphasize the resilience and struggles of enslaved Africans and their descendants in (re)creating some of the main cultural and religious features of the Americas. Rather than discussing African and Black diaspora cultures as separate fields, we will emphasize mutual trans-Atlantic influences in music, art, fashion/textiles, architecture, food, and political identities from the fifteenth century to the present. Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.