Lecturer receives British Academy grant
Max Carocci, programme director and lecturer in World Arts and Artefacts Cert HE, received a British Academy grant to conduct one year's research on behalf of the Royal Anthropological Institute for the project 50 Years of Anthropological Production in the World.
Max Carocci, programme director and lecturer in World Arts and Artefacts Cert HE, received a British Academy grant to conduct one year's research on behalf of the Royal Anthropological Institute for the project 50 Years of Anthropological Production in the World.
The funds will be used to collect data from the British Museum-based Anthropological Index Online. Of particular interest to art historians will be facts and figures related to research areas such as: aesthetics, material culture, museums, collecting and collections, ethnographic arts, graphic arts, fine arts, crafts and manufacturing processes, style, architecture, and portraiture, to cite a few.
The research will highlight strengths and gaps in the anthropological production in these areas offering a much needed comparative perspective to identify trends that will be visually rendered through the aid of geographical maps, charts, and percentages. The project will result in an interactive, user-friendly interface that can generate customised searches and results on all the above topics.
Massimiliano (Max) Carocci has been running the Certificate for Higher Education in World Arts and Artefacts since 2008. In addition, he lectures on indigenous American Arts for the same programme since 2002. Max’s interest in this region’s arts focuses on sexual division of labour, iconography, and ethnographic museum techniques.