See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution These stunning images show the display of Aboriginal culture at the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival. (RT @ausgeo: These stunning images show the display of Aboriginal culture at the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Reproducing culture by performance, Daniel Dennett’s classic example of how culture evolves. But he […]
Tag: Culture
Atlas of languages in danger | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution According to @UNESCO, some 3,000 languages are endangered worldwide. Is yours? Find out more here: http://t.co/HXeHX58ua9 Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: A map on the loss of diversity in our cultural niche… See on http://www.unesco.org
As Languages Disappear, So Does Our Priceless Culture And Heritage – International Business Times
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution International Business Times As Languages Disappear, So Does Our Priceless Culture And Heritage International Business Times In our depressingly globalized world, where commerce trumps above all, regional cultures and languages are dying. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Just as we need biodiversity, we need cultural diversity… See on http://www.ibtimes.com
Sorry, Your Selfie Isn’t Art
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution And that’s okay (Sorry, Your Selfie Isn’t Art http://t.co/naVBbucwFT vía @EsquireMag) Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Once more an article that is not about cultural evolution per se, but it’s just too good to ignore. "The selfie is a result of this new reality. The selfie (…) a disengagement from the […]
Ordering Noise: The Importance of Classical Music | Fair Observer°
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Classical music is just sound, and it is beautiful to hear highly ordered sound. (If you ❤ opera, check out this article on the evolution of this art form & its cultural/societal impact. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: It’s not about cultural evolution, strictly speaking, but this article gives a good view […]
The Art in Nature – or: Thinking About My Research
Land art is a fascinating form of art, blurring the lines between the artificial and the natural. You could say land art gives us insight in the way culture works: integrating humanity in the natural world, while at the same time changing that world – making it hard to say whether the artist discovered or […]
The Fascinating Story of Humanity
Palaeolithic art has a particular appeal to it. We, (post)modern human beings recognise the fact that something is being communicated to us. But time has swallowed the message our ancestors tried to convey. Wentzel van Huyssteen described this in his book “Alone in the World?”, showing at the same time the power of drawings, like […]
Golem
Culture is “the rational done in an irrational way”, “a golden cage” we have to escape from to find our freedom again… This video gives some food for thought! GOLEM from GOLEM on Vimeo. I don't agree with the general message though. I think culture is the only way we have to (re)connect with our […]
Game over or on to the next level?
Game Theory from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo. Culture is what enables us to understand what we're doing, to escape from the purely instinctive level. Although created by us, it has a way of “talking back” to us. So when I first saw this video, I wondered what it said to us. Is it just the […]
Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious – Science AAAS
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious Science AAAS In a new study in press at the Journal of Human Evolution, a team led by archaeologist Marian Vanhaeren of the University of Bordeaux in France claims to have found evidence of a relatively… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Is vanity what started human […]
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