Monday, February 18, 2008

HUM 221: Tlingit totem pole link (and midterm HINT)

Here's a link to the website on totem poles we visited in class today. It's written by Pat Kramer, who describes herself as a "transplant to the Pacific Northwest." She has studied and photographed totem poles erected by all the Northwest Coast peoples, and her website offers a good overview of artistic motifs, meaning and other information about totem poles. Remember the question I asked at the end of class today: How can we find something to latch onto in the art of another person's culture? (Remember also the other question: Wouldn't this make a good 25-point question on the midterm?) Reading websites like Kramer's is a good way to answer both questions.

The midterm, by the way, is an open-book essay exam. It will be in class Wednesday, Feb. 27.

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