Interview - Katharine Burnett

Description

Dr. Burnett discusses the deep and mutual teaching and learning benefits of exploring kindness as a teaching tool in UC Davis Art History classes.

Link to the video: https://video.ucdavis.edu/media/SITT+2021+--+Katharine+Burnett/1_9b98ya33


About the Interviewee

Katharine Burnett, PhD., is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at UC Davis. She also is founder and director of the Global Tea Initiative for the Study of Tea Culture and Science (GTI). Her research investigates and excavates the formation of culture and cultural values. With an emphasis on China from 1550 to present, Dr. Burnett's publications explore historical art theory and criticism, art and politics, art collecting and display, and visual and material culture relating to the global tea trade. Her publications include Shaping Chinese Art History: Pang Yuanji and His Painting Collection (Cambria Press, 2020) and Dimensions of Originality: Essays on Seventeenth-Century Chinese Art Theory and Criticism (Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, 2013). She is Chief Editor of the anthology, The Stories We Tell: Myths, Legends, and Anecdotes about Tea, in preparation.

Katherine Burnett