ACADEC Art 2026-27

recording spatial knowledge in a physical or graphical way

map-making

Minnesota program that produced visualizations of Native star knowledge

“Native Skywatchers”

which Native groups is the “Native Skywatchers” program composed of

Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe

name of Australian interior

Outback

Aboriginal Australian chants using repetition and call-and-response to connect sites to Ancestral Beings storylines

“the Dreaming”

example of Australian physical modification of landscape to indicate areas of great spiritual power

rock art

which ocean is near Oceania

Pacific

what regions is the Pacific Ocean world divided into

Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia

purpose of Rebbelib Navigation Chart

allow navigator to take “effective action” to steer canoe to safe port

differentiating itself from Western “navigation,” the Rebbelib Navigation Chart’s message cannot be “communicated” to anyone outside ___

the navigators it was made by

where Micronesia migrants came from (west, east)

mainland Southeast Asia, Polynesia

examples of domesticated plant and animal species brought by settlers from Southeast Asia to the Marshall Islands

breadfruit, coconuts, poultry

where the Marshall Islands are located

Micronesia

under what country was the Marshall Islands under starting from 1885

German Empire

under what country was the Marshall Islands under starting from 1914

Japan

under what country was the Marshall Islands under starting from WWII

US

population of Republic of the Marshall Islands today

42,000

where was Marshallese enforced labor used

Hawaiian plantations

why is Micronesian art not as collected by Europeans than Polynesia/Melanesia

less natural resources

category of objects unique to Marshall Islands

navigational stick charts

how many square miles of land is Micronesia made up of

1,050

how many square miles of ocean is Micronesia made up of

2.9 mil

% the Marshall Islands is water

98%

# of major islands in Marshall Islands

5

# of atolls in Marshall Islands

29

# of outrigger canoes in large fleet

25-30

name of canoe master navigators sailed to lead other boats in flotilla

pilot vessel

which islands make up the 2 major clusters of the Marshall Islands

western Ralik and eastern Ratak

who could become successful navigator

men with good memory

what stick charts are made out of

cowrie shells and coconut fronds, bound w/ natural fibers

stick charts that does not map specific islands and are used to teach navigators swell patterns

mattang charts

name for swell patterns

dunung

stick charts representing small clusters of islands and their dunung patterns

meddo charts

stick charts representing large areas to understand how swells, wind, and currents interact

rebbelib charts

what bent sticks represent in rebbelib charts

dunung and wind/water currents

what shells represent in rebbelib charts (spacing in chart does not correlate to actual location)

islands

where navigators would consult charts

land

why is bringing charts into canoe bad luck

question navigator’s abilities

who collected Select Work Rebbelib Navigation Chart

Edward Henry Meggs Davis

occupation of Edward Henry Meggs Davis

British naval captain

what ship did Edward Henry Meggs Davis visit Marshall Islands

HMS Royalist

how many objects did Edward Henry Meggs Davis collect across Oceania that are in British Museum

141/700

what term did formerly enslaved writer Henry Bibb coin

“self-emancipation”

which images from 19th century show self-emancipated people looking behind for signs of pursuit

On to Liberty and A Ride for Liberty

other name for the Big Dipper

Ursa Major

the constellation Big Dipper was known colloquially by African Americans as __

“drinking gourd”

two stars in the Big Dipper point toward the ___

North Star

other name for the North Star

Polaris

popular media has incorrectly spread the idea that the lyrics to the song __ provide a specific map to freedom

“Follow the Drinking Gourd”

which body of water formed most of the border between slave and free states

Ohio River

heritage of artist Robert S. Duncanson

Black + European American

Robert S. Duncanson’s paintings show bodies of water as metaphors for __

safe traversal of dangerous landscape

home city of Robert S. Duncanson

Cincinnati

black-and-white photography series by Dawoud Bey that shows self-emancipated people fleeing on other side of Ohio River

Night Coming Tenderly, Black

how long Dawoud Bey’s career last

50 yrs

the Ohio port fugitive slaves needed to go to cross into Canada

Cleveland

Cleveland is a port on ___

Lake Erie

environmental advantage for hiding in Ohio

thick forests

where Dawoud Bey was born

Queens, NY

Dawoud Bey’s first major photographic project

Harlem USA

where Dawoud Bey got his MFA

Yale University School of Art

other name for MacArthur Fellowship

“Genius Grant”

Dawoud Bey’s early career focus

urban Black life

__ photographers dominated street photography through mid-1970s

white

examples of street photographers

Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand

where photographer Roy DeCarava was based

Harlem

what photographer Roy DeCarava was known for

high-contrast prints w/ rich black tones

which poet did Sweet Flypaper of Life feature

Langston Hughes

influences on Dawoud Bey

DeCarava and Hughes

where title of Night Coming Tenderly, Black came from

Langston Hughes’ poem “Dream Variations”

Dawoud Bey’s work turned from modern street photography to __

Black history

Dawoud Bey’s first series on Black history

The Birmingham Project

how many people died in bombing of Baptist church in Birmingham

6

what The Birmingham Project was reflecting on

bombing of Baptist church in Birmingham

who commissioned Dawoud Bey to investigate Underground Railroad local histories

Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art

Night Coming Tenderly, Black is not a documentary project because Dawoud Bey created ___

“imagined experience of journey”

Untitled #13 (Trees and Reflections) was printed using ___

gelatin silver printing

gelatin silver printing uses silver __ in gelatin to make light-sensitive surface

halides

advantage of gelatin silver printing

allow full tonal range

gelantin silver printing is a ___ printing process

analog

size of Untitled #13 (Trees and Reflections)

4 by 5 ft

which Dawoud Bey photograph shows “unimportant” sites where self-liberated people stayed

Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse)