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Song Xiaoxia
Birgit Hopfener
Birgit Hopfener
Teaching Global Art History through the Lens of Chinese Art
A Conversation
In this conversation, art historians Song Xiaoxia and Birgit Hopfener exchange their views on teaching art history and theory in a global framework. Both scholars are particularly interested in decentring Eurocentric frameworks of art through the lens of Chinese art and philosophy, and from a transcultural perspective.
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Teaching Global Art History through the Lens of Chinese Art
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A Conversation
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Song Xiaoxia
Birgit Hopfener
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| Description |
In this conversation, art historians Song Xiaoxia and Birgit Hopfener exchange their views on teaching art history and theory in a global framework. Both scholars are particularly interested in decentring Eurocentric frameworks of art through the lens of Chinese art and philosophy, and from a transcultural perspective.
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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July 7, 2026
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| Subject |
global art history
contemporary Chinese Art
eurocentrism
contemporaneity
pedagogy
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| Rights |
© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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67
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94
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Worlding Global Art Histories through Teaching, ed. by Eva Bentcheva, et al., Worlding Public Cultures (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2026), pp. 67–94
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