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Collective Creativity: Art and Society in the South Pacific

Collective Creativity: Art and Society in the South Pacific The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 91101 Book Reviews KATHERINE GIUFFRE Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT, Ashgate, 2009 xvii, 163 pp., 1 map, 17 figures, 6 tables, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7664-5, £55.00 (hardback) Collective Creativity: Art and Society in the South Pacific is a fascinating snapshot of the fine art scene on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It covers a ‘surge’ in the fine art production in the early 2000s and seeks to understand why and how ‘a place becomes a locus of artistic creativity’ (p. 3). Giuffre’s main argument is that this period of creativity is related to the forces of transnationalism, in particular, the movement of Cook Islander artists born in New Zealand back to their homeland to live. It is based on participant observation, interviews with artists (both Cook Islander and non- Cook Islander artists), gallery owners, buyers during what appears as a tumultuous time in the Rarotongan art scene where the ‘control of cultural consumption, production, and especially, evaluation is a site of intense conflict’ (p. 41). The primary material is the highlight of Collective Creativity; it makes for absorbing reading and it provides unique insight into contemporary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Taylor & Francis

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The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 91101 Book Reviews KATHERINE GIUFFRE Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT, Ashgate, 2009 xvii, 163 pp., 1 map, 17 figures, 6 tables, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7664-5, £55.00 (hardback) Collective Creativity: Art and Society in the South Pacific is a fascinating snapshot of the fine art scene on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It covers a ‘surge’ in the fine art production in...
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10.1080/14442213.2012.645791
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The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 91101 Book Reviews KATHERINE GIUFFRE Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT, Ashgate, 2009 xvii, 163 pp., 1 map, 17 figures, 6 tables, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7664-5, £55.00 (hardback) Collective Creativity: Art and Society in the South Pacific is a fascinating snapshot of the fine art scene on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It covers a ‘surge’ in the fine art production in the early 2000s and seeks to understand why and how ‘a place becomes a locus of artistic creativity’ (p. 3). Giuffre’s main argument is that this period of creativity is related to the forces of transnationalism, in particular, the movement of Cook Islander artists born in New Zealand back to their homeland to live. It is based on participant observation, interviews with artists (both Cook Islander and non- Cook Islander artists), gallery owners, buyers during what appears as a tumultuous time in the Rarotongan art scene where the ‘control of cultural consumption, production, and especially, evaluation is a site of intense conflict’ (p. 41). The primary material is the highlight of Collective Creativity; it makes for absorbing reading and it provides unique insight into contemporary

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