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Art as process and product: patronage and the problem of change in Tuareg blacksmith/artisan roles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Susan J. Rasmussen
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Cet article contribue aux récents dialogues en antropologie et humanités africaines sur la traduction problématique et l'application des concepts occidentaux et non-occidentaux d'esthétique, par exemple, “authentique”, “original” et “touristique”, dans le domaine des pratiques artisanales. Il analyse, compare et contraste le patronage artistique parmi les Touaregs Nigériens dans des contextes sociaux ruraux et urbains. Le rôle du “forgeron” chez les Touaregs, un mot traduit de façon diverse dans les conversations locales et la littérature ethnographique, par “artisan”, “technicien”, et “bijoutier”, suggère le besoin de réviser les différentes perspectives culturelles sur les aspects céremoniaux, esthétiques et commerciaux de l'activité artisanale.

Cet article se concentre sur les rôles changeants, le matériel que les artisans utilisent, et les croyances qui entourent les forgerons. Il soutient que ces actions et ces croyances complexes n'ont pas seulement une influence sur les produits artistiques mais aussi sur les processus socio-économiques auxquels les producteurs, la clientèle, et le public contribue dans des milieux et contextes différents.

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Patronage and context in modern Air
Information
Africa , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 592 - 610
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Copyright © International African Institute 1995

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