Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Adriaan Alexander Gerbrands - Visuele Etnografie
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Visual Ethnography
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Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 24, 2022
1. Adriaan Alexander Gerbrands - Visuele Etnografie / Visual Ethnography Marker
Westerse kunst draait om kunstenaars: om mensen als Rembrandt, Picasso, of Van Gogh. Bij kunst van niet-westerse afkomst dacht men tot de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw echter dat individuele kunstenaars minder belangrijk-waren. De kunst werd dan vooral beschouwd als product van een (vaak kleine) inheemse groep. Adriaan Alexander Gerbrands, verbonden aan het Museum Volkenkunde waarop u hier uitkijkt, toonde aan dat ook daar grote variatie bestaat tussen individuele makers.
Gerbrands' meest productieve periode lag tussen 1960 en 1970. Op basis van veldwerk bij de Asmat Papua's produceerde hij zijn beroemde film Matjemos, over een individuele houtsnijder. Bovendien publiceerde hij het boek Wow-ipits over de Asmat kunst. De verzamelde voorwerpen worden tentoongesteld in het Museum voor Volkenkunde.
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Gerbrands' most productive period was between 1960 and 1970. Using his fieldwork among the Asmat Papuas, he produced his famous film Matjemos, about an individual woodcarver, and published his book Wow-ipits on Asmat art. The many objects collected by Gerbrands are on display in the National Museum of Ethnology.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 52° 9.838′ N, 4° 29.042′ E. Marker is in Leiden, Zuid-Holland (South Holland). It is at the intersection of Morssingel and Stationsweg, on the right when traveling south on Morssingel. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Leiden, Zuid-Holland 2312 BS, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Volkenkunde / Ethnology (within shouting distance of this marker); De Stijl en Leiden / De Stijl and Leiden (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Park de Put (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Oost-Indiλstrijders Monument / Dutch East Indies War Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Molen De Put / Puts Mill
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 24, 2022
2. Adriaan Alexander Gerbrands - Visuele Etnografie / Visual Ethnography Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here between the lightpole (with a man sitting on it??) and the tree.
Also see . . . Celebrating the memory of Prof. dr. Adriaan Gerbrands (Leiden Unniversity).
Excerpt: "...Adriaan Gerbrands (1917-1997), museum curator (1947-1966) and professor of cultural anthropology (1966-1987) at Leiden University. Gerbrands was a pioneer in combining ethnographic film and material culture studies in order to translate cultural differences in aesthetic production; as early as the 1960s, he pointed out the theoretical and practical challenges emerging from the overlap between these fields. Gerbrands held a chair at the Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, was deputy director of the National Museum of Ethnology, and an early advocate of ethnographic film in the Netherlands."(Submitted on August 3, 2022.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 385 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
