文化相對論：以貝翠斯‧帕森的澳洲原住民藝術研究為例

Cultural Relativism: A Case Study of Beatrice Persson's Australian Aboriginal Art

本文旨在分析瑞典當代藝術史研究者貝翠絲・帕森（Beatrice Persson）以原住民藝術研究為對象1，所呈現的一種獨特方法學概念「文化相對論」。這個概念以撐開西歐藝術史中心論和種族主義的問題為訴求，她經由五組「相對性」重省曾是後殖民批評熱點的議題，其細膩的思考層次展現了藝術史與人類學方法交匯的可能，更勾勒了澳洲原住民藝術場景中別有特色的「當代」與跨文化本質。本研究分析「文化相對論」中關鍵的邏輯，以探究其所呈現之新藝術史方法的特質與意義。

This article aims to analyze a unique methodological concept ''cultural relativism'' put forward by Beatrice Persson, a researcher of contemporary art history in Sweden, focusing on the study of aboriginal art. This concept seeks to open up the issues of centralism and racism in Western European art history. Through five groups of ''relativity'', he re-examines the hot topics of post-colonial criticism. His delicate thinking level shows the possibility of the intersection of art history and anthropological methods, and outlines the unique ''contemporary'' and cross-cultural nature of Australia's Aboriginal art scene. This essay aims to analyze the key logic in ''cultural relativity'' to explore the characteristics and significance of the new art historical method it presents.