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Oceanic Culture: Course Analysis

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The culture I enjoyed studying the most was the Oceanic culture. I feel that out of all the cultures I examined this semester, the Oceanic culture was the one I knew the least about before the course. I learned that most of my pre-course assumptions about Oceania were wrong. For example, before reading about the Oceanic culture, I did not know that there were 25,000 different islands that varied in their range of habitats, politics, languages, cultures, and arts (Gardner and Fred). I assumed, just like with the different mainland states in the United States of America (America), there would be minor changes area-to-area, but not that each area would range so drastically from the other. If I could visit anywhere in Oceania, I would want to visit Hawaii the most.One of my reasons for wanting to …show more content…

The one thing that this course has taught me, is that history and religion go hand-in-hand with art. For example, when you look at the Islamic world, much of their art and architecture is based on their religious beliefs. This can be seen in some of their religious buildings, such as the Great Mosque in Damascus and the Malwiya Minaret in Samarra (G and F). Another example of their tie between religion and art can be seen in their use of calligraphy in the Koran and their use of tile work in places such as the Dome of the Rock (G and F).Japan also offers other examples of this idea. You can see history in Japanese paintings such as the Events of the Heiji Period. This painted scroll shows the civil war battles at the end of the Heian period (G and F). The Events of the Heiji Period depict what went on during that time frame and what the battles may have looked like. To help someone understand any culture better, they should be studying the culture’s art, religion, and history to better understand the culture as a

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