Professor Ariana Maki knew that for students in her History of Art course, visiting a museum just wouldn't do. Instead, she designed a unique field lab that took the students on a journey around Ho Chi Minh City to visit three distinct temples. The trip enabled them to view the artistic concepts they're studying back on the ship in a real world context. “I wanted the students to see that the way we usually view art in museums is divorced from context,” Maki said. “By visiting these temples they can better understand that each thing we study is created in a ritual context for a specific purpose.”
