Children's Ethno‐Aesthetic Responses to a Turkish carpet: A Cross‐Cultural Study in Three Cultures

Stokrocki, Mary

doi:10.1111/1468-5949.00281

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“…Examples include various artistic approaches that use carpets to broach discussions on politics (see Afghan war carpets, Spooner 2011), on hybridizing ethnic backgrounds (see exhibition Without Boundary, Daftari et al 2006 Aside from being used for social commentary and literary works, carpets have also been studied in art class to examine visual culture. In a cross-cultural study by Professor Stokrocki (2001), she explored how a select group of children around the age of ten of Turkish, Navajo and Japanese backgrounds described a Turkish carpet and its motifs, uncovering different surmises in the process. The children's responses indicated that their perception of each symbolic element on the carpet was influenced by their culture, spawning a variety of conjectures.…”

Section: Handmade Carpets In Art and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring material culture of carpets in Turkey via an art project

Aktaş

Alaca

2019

Art, Design &Amp; Communication in Higher Education

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This article reports on an art project carried out by undergraduates in a core course entitled 'Art and Innovation' offered at Koc University in Istanbul, based on traditional handmade Turkish carpets. The project enables 23 undergraduates from various disciplines to become acquainted with material culture and art as they reflect on the carpets' declining presence in contemporary culture. The goals of the project are first to acquaint the students with the art history and symbolism of carpets from Turkey, then to invite students to investigate contemporary artworks created in relation to carpets and finally to move into sketching and discussions later to have the students conceptualize an artwork that reflects the changing status of handmade carpets and the weaving tradition as an indicator of transformations in society.

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Section: Handmade Carpets In Art and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%