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Talk: From the aesthetic mind to the human cultures: there and back again

Maratja Brown, aged 9, being painted by Gali Gurrwiwi with designs given by the Gälpu clan for his initiation at Galiwin’ku on Elcho Island, Arnhem Land, NT. Photo: Yasunori Hayashi 2008.

Lorenzo Bartalesi – Talk to the International Conference “From the Aesthetic Mind to the Symbolick Mind” (Firenze, 26/10/2017)

The talk sheds light on the links between aesthetic behaviours and cultural dynamics in human evolution. We’ll begin by describing the phenomenological and cognitive complexity of aesthetic behaviour before examining the role of such multidimensional phenomenon in the processes of cultural transmission. This analysis will lead us to consider aesthetic behaviours as a dynamic through which a particular socio-cultural system is perceived and transmitted. The aim is to suggest some remarks for a research program on how the several dimension of the human aesthetic mind (behavioural, cognitive, social, cultural) are involved in the course of social interaction creatively transforming and transmitting the cultural meanings. Continuer la lecture de Talk: From the aesthetic mind to the human cultures: there and back again