topic 11

🔹 Art – All ideas, forms, techniques, and strategies used to express creativity.
Example: Paintings, sculptures, music, dance, graffiti.

🔹 Aesthetic Experience – The perception of art through the senses (sight, sound, touch, etc.).
Example: Feeling moved by a painting or enjoying a musical performance.

🔹 Transformation-Representation – The process of transforming real experiences into symbolic forms.
Example: A painting turning a 3D landscape into a 2D image.

🔹 Fine Art – Art that is rare, expensive, and made by trained artists, usually displayed in galleries.
Example: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

🔹 Folk Art – Traditional or handmade art linked to a specific culture or group.
Example: Indigenous beadwork or Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls.

🔹 Art by Intention – Objects created specifically as art.
Example: A painting made for a gallery exhibition.

🔹 Art by Appropriation – Functional objects later classified as art.
Example: Indigenous masks displayed in museums.

🔹 Ethnomusicology – The study of music in different cultural contexts.
Example: Researching traditional throat singing in Inuit communities.

🔹 Repatriation – The return of cultural artifacts to their rightful owners or communities.
Example: Museums returning Indigenous masks to First Nations communities.

🔹 Play – Voluntary, enjoyable activity that is separate from real life and follows rules.
Example: Children playing make-believe or adults participating in board games.

🔹 Metacommunication – Communication about communication, helping define what is real vs. play.
Example: Saying “Let’s pretend we’re pirates!” before starting a game.

🔹 Framing – A type of metacommunication that signals the beginning and end of play.
Example: A referee blowing a whistle to start a soccer game.

🔹 Reflexivity – The ability to think critically about reality through play.
Example: Political satire using comedy to question authority.

🔹 Sport – A competitive, rule-based activity that reflects social relationships and cultural values.
Example: Soccer, basketball, cricket.

🔹 Sport & Nationalism – The way sports create a sense of identity and unity within a country.
Example: Hockey as part of Canadian national identity.

🔹 Colonialism & Sport Syncretism – The blending of colonial and local traditions in sports.
Example: Trobriand Cricket – British cricket modified with local rituals.

🔹 Tourism – Traveling for leisure, often seeking "authentic" cultural experiences.
Example: Visiting Indigenous cultural sites in Australia.

🔹 Cultural Heritage – The traditions, sites, and artifacts that are preserved for cultural identity.
Example: The Great Wall of China, traditional dances, languages.

🔹 Material Cultural Heritage – Physical objects or monuments of cultural importance.
Example: The Pyramids of Egypt.

🔹 Intangible Cultural Heritage – Non-physical cultural elements like traditions, languages, and performances.
Example: Traditional storytelling in Indigenous cultures.

🔹 Authenticity in Tourism – The debate over whether cultural experiences presented to tourists are genuine or staged.
Example: Traditional dances performed at hotels for tourists.