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

there a difference between art and craft? It
Is
not unusual for an art show or exhibition to
is
“no craft or functional art”. Even if you
specify
not agree with this kind of cultural labelling,
do
blurring of this boundary requires active
the
and one cannot simply ignore or wish the
work,
away. First, let’s consider the reasons
distinction
this distinction and its implications for
behind
this video, Laura Morelli traces the origins
In
the distinction between art and craft in the
of
terms: Morelli art and
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craft
big claim is that the distinction between
Moreli’s
and craft, more than anything essential or
art
is historically contingent. Cultural
fundamental,
art historians will evaluate the specific
and
that led to elevating certain types of
conditions
work (and not others) to the dignity of
creative
What is of special interest to us in TOK is
art.
defining art to the exclusion of craft, and
how
power to maintain this distinction, is a way
the
remove artistic status from, or reward it to,
to
communities. This had the effect, still felt
specific
of underpresented or absent perspectives
today,
the body of knowledge and practices of
from
For example, calling one site of knowledge
art.
a “workshop” and another site a
production
has implications for the status and
“studio”
of the knowledge possessed by the people
value
that space, and the knowledge resulting from
in
between
Distinguishing
and craft across cultures
art
on the implications of applying a
Reflect
between art and craft cross-
distinction
Some cultures maintain this
culturally.
in different places, while others
boundary
Can we understand what is art and what
1.
craft in different cultures?
is
What kind of knowledge is required to
2.
the distinction between art and
apply
What kind of claims are made about other
3.
in the process of drawing this
cultures
I. Scope
I. Scope
I.1 Artists and artisans
their work.
knowledge.
For ref lection
Western intellectual tradition.
may not draw it at all.
craft across cultures?
boundary between art and craft?
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