Does the world draw?

Ravetz, Amanda; Douglas, Anne

Abstract

Drawing can be explained in at least two ways: exemplifying trace, an inherent capacity or collection of characteristics in an individual (Nancy 2013) e.g. Rembrandt's drawing versus Van Gogh's drawing, the drawing of a particular thing in the world by a particular individual; or as an open-ended, improvisatory movement through the world that marks a line (Ingold, 2011). This may be physical, metaphysical, virtual or real. This participatory artlab set out to create a collision between these different approaches to drawing and to use this experience to open a debate about drawing and anthropology. The 90 minute workshop offered participants points of access into different aspects of drawing which include: collaborative, ephemeral, imagistic and relational. It also opened into a discussion on the implications of these experiences for an ontology of creativity and for the practices of art/anthropology.

Citation

RAVETZ, A. and DOUGLAS, A. 2014. Does the world draw? Workshop facilitated during the 13th European Association of Social Anthropologists biennial conference of collaboration intemacy and revolution (EASA 2014): innovation and continuity in an interconnected world, 31st July-3rd August 2014, Tallinn, Estonia.

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 13th European Association of Social Anthropologists biennial conference of collaboration intemacy and revolution (EASA 2014): innovation and continuity in an interconnected world
• Conference Location: Tallinn, Estonia
• Start Date: Jul 31, 2014
• End Date: Aug 3, 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 9, 2016
• Keywords: Drawing; Anthropology; Workshop; Collaboration
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2014