EduVine is a self-guided, interactive educational folk art curriculum based on the idea that you learn about yourself as you learn about others. The cultural explorations and challenges presented ask participants to explore new ways of creating visual and text-based responses as it utilizes ChinaVine's open source materials. Learn about China's cultural heritage as you learn about your own identity.
Cultural Representations in Folk Art
While folk art can be highly innovative, it is rooted in a particular cultural context. This section of lessons demonstrates how folk art is linked to traditional ways of living and understanding the world.
Place and Space of the Folk Art Object
How we understand the meaning of an object has a lot to do with the context in which it is seen. This section of lessons demonstrates how folk art is understood within its specific place and space.
Urbanization and Change in Folk Art
Folk art changes as it moves across time and space. As we live in a transitional world, folk art adapts to new surroundings and updated materials. This section of lessons explores these adaptations.
Mashing Folk Art
As fresh ideas and influences affect us, folk art is made to accommodate newness by integrating or mashing, that which is new with that which is traditional. This section of lessons explores how folk art mashes tradition with innovation.
Design and Function of Folk Art
Folk art is carefully designed to function in certain, often powerful, ways. This section of lessons explores how the design of folk art relates to the function the work.
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