Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

I. Scope
the historical development of the natural
Compare
with the changing boundaries of art over
sciences
What can we say about the dierences and
time.
between new movements in art and
similarities
to what extent knowledge is discarded,
Consider
or rendered obsolete in the historical
replaced
of the arts. How do these processes
development
to the other AOKs?
compare
conventions were set aside, it seemed
Once
anything could become art and that art
that
a statement about itself. The past century
became
art of ordinary things, such as dance
produced
the movement of pedestrians and music of
of
noise. It even produced art of the
everyday
of things, such as blank canvases
absence
visual art and silence as music, as in John
as
4’33”. And while the intention may have
Cage’s
to liberate art and make it synonymous
been
life, so that we may “hear music in the
with
silences”, the strange fact is that we can
everyday
and cheaply purchase Cage’s track called
easily
and listen to that particular silence.
4’33”
we as an audience engage with art can
How
out of sync with the art world’s multiple,
be
evolving ideas about what art is or
competing,
to be. Our experiences with art and the
ought
we derive from it reveal questions
meanings
differences in how we engage with artistic
and
his 1972 series Ways of Seeing, the artist and
In
John Berger interrogates the elitism of
critic
connoisseurship and the snobberies of high
art
culture. Ways of Seeing is an invitation to
art
our encounter with art, not just
democratize
consumers but as active and curious agents
as
the production and reproduction of
examining
its presentation and its power to both shape
art,
most ground-breaking thing we did was address
The
public in a way that was non-elitist, equal, really
the
into their eyes. There’s one point at which I
looking
something like, ‘Question now what I’m saying,
say
about it, disagree if you want to’. That voice—
think
a little conspiratorial—was the most
companionable,
terms: Berger Ways of
Search
episode 1 YouTube
seeing
of Seeing also invites our scrutiny of
Ways
evaluations of the value and meaning of
formal
“The relation between what we see
artworks.
what we know is never settled”, Berger says
and
in the 1970s, Ways of Seeing responded
Broadcast
a historical moment that saw great artworks
to
as popular and readily available images
reproduced
various media. Today’s digital culture brings about
in
ways of accessing, producing and engaging with
new
We explore whether new ways of seeing may be
art.
in the digital age of art and culture, and
necessary
we can learn from Berger, in Chapter 4.
what
the powerful 20th-century
Despite
of art, there are still institutions
democratization
conventions that maintain the boundaries of
and
in such a way that privileges certain practices,
art
and traditions. A few examples of this
processes
work are examined below.
boundary
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Making connections
Art movements and paradigm shifts in science
important thing.
paradigm shifts in science?
(Berger quoted in Abbott 2012)
(1972). Follow the link to episode 1 to learn more.
Making connections
Digital ways of seeing
knowledge and practices.
and reflect the world.
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