Art history and potlatch: cross-cutting comparaisonsbetween France and Canada

• Published in: Perspective
• Main Authors: Assu, Sonny, Labrusse, Rémi, Mauzé, Marie, Townsend-Gault, Charlotte
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology; Canada; Miró; First Nations
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03484019; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03484019/document; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03484019/file/06_PERSP-2018-2_DEB_potlatch_20.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4000/perspective.11061

International audience The present debate aims to question the relationship between art history and the potlatch in a new light. It is indeed agreed, in the field of art history, to see in this ceremonial institution used by the First Nations of the northwest coast of America above all an activity o...