Arts Analysis

Is able to perform an initial analysis of the artistic features of a community’s artistic genres.

Analyses contribute vitally to local communities’ efforts to address their needs and aspirations. Instructional methodologies include participation in these arts.

Artistic analysis methodology and techniques

No Competency:
1. Read the Creating Local Arts Together handbook
2. Attend an Arts for a Better Future workshop
3. Attend an Introduction to EthnoArts course (offered every other year at Payap University)
Has knowledge about:
1. Take the course Expressive Form Analysis
  1. Dallas International University course
  2. Payap University Course
2. Participate in an Arts internship in a community
3. Perform artistic analysis alongside a mentor or colleague
Can do with Assistance:
1. Help teach an analysis course or workshop.
2. Perform artistic analysis and discuss with a mentor or colleagues.
3. Regularly read research papers with analysis components.
Can do independently:
1. DIU course Advanced Artistic Form Analysis
2. Keep a regular reading schedule; continue to extend your personal understanding of ethnoarts research and applications and concepts.
3. Submit analyses to REAP.

Documentation

No Competency:
1. Learn to use a smartphone for quality audiovisual recording.
2. Learn about or take a brief course/workshop in field recording techniques.
3. Try using the Song Genre survey from the Arts Dataset program in a community.
Has knowledge about:
1. Engage with a community and complete an ICAL (Initial Communty Arts List) or similar documentation, including audiovisual components.
2. Take a course from IMS or EMDC pre-training tracks or another similar opportunity
Can do with Assistance:
1. Transcribe various examples of artistic expressions for research documentation and teaching purposes
2. Write a CAP (Community Arts Profile) and publish or present an article.
Can do independently: