Daily Archives: September 2, 2013

Alfred Gell 5

This entry was posted in GROUP C -- The Sense of Hearing on September 2, 2013 by George Hoffman

I’ve been interested for a while in Alfred Gell’s work in Art and Agency, a study that seeks an art theory that reads across western and non-western cultures. He proposed animism as the underlying unifying principle, suggesting how the west remains a deeply animist society. In particular, his work on ornamentation […]

Project description, leadership, and work to be done 3

This entry was posted in GROUP B -- Early Modern Cities as Theatres of Conversion on September 2, 2013 by Jose R. Jouve-Martin

Dear colleagues, I hope you all had a nice weekend and a safe and pleasant return trip. Below you will find a description of the work to be done by our sub-group which is intended to appear on our website as a general introduction. Please let me know whether you […]