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The Brain, Ambiguity and Art – Meeting in Alicante
Ambiguity as a Characteristic of the Architecture of the Human Mind – Semir Zeki
Variability, and the choice that it entails, is the bread and butter of evolution. It is therefore not surprising to find that variability is built into ordinary perception and is also a fundamental characteristic of great works of art. The reason for this is simple; it provides for choice and is therefore in line with great evolutionary principles. In works of art – whether derived from visual art or musical art – ambiguity is key. In ordinary perception it may act as a safeguard, protecting the individual from unsafe decisions. In art, it allows for the multiple interpretations of the same stimulus or work. The neurobiological definition of ambiguity is quite precise and different from the usual dictionary definitions. The latter usually define ambiguity as “uncertainty” or “confusing” or “of doubtful meaning”. The neurobiological definition is the exact opposite: it is certainty but certainty that occupies the conscious stage momentarily, before ceding its place to another momentary certainty. Hence, in neurobiological terms, there is no correct answer to an ambiguous stimulus, because all answers are correct momentarily. This is so regardless of whether one is viewing simple “ambiguous” figures such as the “rabbit-duck” bi-stable figure, the metastable paintings of Dalí or the finished masterpieces of Vermeer, Caravaggio and Tiziano which, in spite of their “finished” status, allow of multiple interpretations, none of which is the correct one because all are correct; it also applies to literary and musical works. I will give a more detailed description of the varieties of ambiguity and try to address, in outline, the question of how the conflict between them is resolved neurobiologically.
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Master Executive NEUROSCIENCE and ART – Bologna
Would you like to acquire technical-scientific skills that enable you to take an innovative approach to projects in the field of art?
Would you like to know what Neuroaesthetics is all about and understand its importance in museum educational proposals and exhibition practices?
Here is the new edition of the Executive Master in NEUROSCIENCE and ART, starting on 14 January 2023 in Bologna.
What you will study:
- The visual process by the brain and the areas of aesthetic processing
- Emotional marketing and the construction of the memory of an event
- Ethics and cognitive science
- Neuroaesthetics and its applications
- Museum education as interactivity on the territory
- The didactics of art as therapy
- Hybridisation practices between art and science
The lecturers in charge of the training course, from prestigious universities and important museums, will accompany you in the development of the project of your interest, with a final operational workshop.
Call for papers “The Digital Environmental Humanities. Towards Theory and Praxis”
All HJEAS’ archived issues are available on JSTOR, the largest, most available website for humanities journals, current issues are also accessible electronically on ProQuest, including the most recent indexed by the SCOPUS database, indexed and abstracted by the MLA International Bibliography. For more about the HJEAS go to: [https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/hjeas/about].
Over the past years the rapid technological improvements, innovations and use of digital applications have transformed us into living and working in virtual environments. We are now facing ‘oceans’ of big data, inaugurating what has been called the “Digital Anthropocene.” Gaining momentum since around the 1950s, the Digital Humanities (previously referred to as Humanities Computing or Computing in the Humanities) “is a diverse and still emerging field that encompasses the practice of humanities research in and through information technology, and the exploration of how the humanities may evolve through their engagement with technology, media, and computational methods.” As we move from the first wave of qualitative data to the second, which is apt to be more critical, interpretative and empirical with the use of toolkits and services (Presner, 2010), the rise of a third wave introduces entirely new interdisciplinary paradigms, convergent fields, new methodologies and concepts as well as new models and patterns while working on cultural texts.
We invite papers that consider the various interactions between Digital Humanities and Environmental Humanities in order to open up new forms of inquiry for critical approaches to the Humanities. Areas of interest for this special journal issue include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
● Digital Environmental Humanities in Literary Theory (Ecocriticism, Algorithmic Literary Theory) and Comparative Literature
● Digital Geographies and Spatialities
● Digitalocene (e.g. Anthropocene, Capitalocene, etc.)
● Digital Tools, Digital Applications, Digital Repositories and Archives, Data Visualization in/for Environmental Humanities
● Digital Ecologies and Topics from the Continental Philosophy
● Digital Environmental Humanities and Posthumanism, Transhumanism, AI, and Ethics
● Digital Ecologies, Plant Studies, and Animal Studies
● Digital Ecologies, Aesthetics and Art
● Digital Ecologies in Media and Film Studies
● Digital Environmental Humanities and Environmental Justice
● Digital Ecologies, Medical Humanities (e.g. Pandemics) and Biotechnology
● Digital Oil and Energy Humanities
● Digital Environmental Pedagogies and Storytelling
● Digital Ecologies in Citizen Humanities, Smart Cities and Citizenship Futures
● Biomimicry and Digital Modeling
● Towards the future of Digital Environmental Humanities as Discipline in Theory and Praxis
References
Cohen, Jerome Jeffrey, and Stephanie LeMenager. “Introduction. Assembling the Ecological Digital
Humanities”, PMLA 131.2 (2016): 340-346. doi: 10.1632/pmla.2016.131.2.340.
Jørgensen, Finne Arne. “The Armchair Traveler’s Guide to Digital Environmental Humanities”,
Environmental Humanities 4.1 (2014): 95-112. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-3614944.
Morey, Sean. “Digital Ecologies” in Dobrin, I. Sidney. (2012). (Ed.). Ecology, Writing Theory, and
New Media. Writing Ecology (New York and London: Routledge), 106-121.
Presner, Todd. (2010). “Digital Humanities 2.0: A Report on Knowledge” in Emerging Disciplines,
edited by Melissa Bailar (Houston: Rice University Press).
Sinclair, Stéfan and Stephanie Posthumus. (2016). “Digital? Environmental: Humanities” in The
Routledge Companion to Environmental Humanities edited by Ursula K. Heise, Jon Christensen and Michelle Niemann (London and New York: Routledge).
Wellmon, Chad. (2012). “Why Google Isn’t Making Us Stupid…or Smart”. ISAC. The Hedgehog
Review. Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture 14:1
<https://lecture.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~cwpgally/references/2012W_RD_Google_essay.pdf>, [accessed 29/05/20222].
Editors
Peggy Karpouzou, Assistant Professor in Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
E-mail: pkarpouzou@phil.uoa.gr
Nikoleta Zampaki, PhD Candidate in Modern Greek Literature, Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
E-mail: nikzamp@phil.uoa.gr
Submissions’ Guidelines and Deadlines
Deadline for sending an abstract (approx. 300 words and a short CV) to both Editors’e-mails pkarpouzou@phil.uoa.gr andnikzamp@phil.uoa.gr: 31 October 2022.
Deadline for sending the full papers to both Editors’ e-mails pkarpouzou@phil.uoa.gr and nikzamp@phil.uoa.gr: 30April 2023.
Please direct any questions to both Editors’ e-mails:
pkarpouzou@phil.uoa.gr and nik
Submission of a book proposal
Dear colleagues,
You are welcome to submit a book proposal for a publication of a monograph, handbook, edition/edited, collection, etc., to either Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures Series at Rowman & Littlefield and Environmental Humanities Book Series. Click on the series title to download more information!
Call for Papers: Journal of Ecohumanism
Neuroscience & Himanities Università di Parma – Event
VENERDì 17 GIUGNO 2022 H. 17.00 (CET)
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Call for Paper BRUMAL
The call for papers for articles for the sections “Monograph” and “Miscellaneous” for the Brumal. Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico /Brumal. Research Journal on the Fantastic is now open.
Scholars who wish to contribute to either of these two sections should send us their articles registering as authors on our web page. The Guidelines for Submissions may be found on the Submissions section of the web page.
Special Issue: “Fantastic Narratives and Cognition“, coord. Benito Elías García-Valero.
Deadline: June 15, 2022
SEE: https://revistes.uab.cat/brumal/brumal/brumal/announcement/view/6
International May 2022 – Oltre il politicamente corretto
PRIN 2017 “Strategie più efficaci per il politicamente corretto. Un modello Retorico/Pragmatico della situazione di discorso totale”
The NewHums Research Centre is glad to announce following International Guests:
-May 26, 2022 (italian time) 11.00 - Monastero dei Benedettini – Sala Rettangolare ID ZOOM: 917 6088 8939
Rodrigo Borba (Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro)
“Injourious signs: countering hate with hope in contemporary Brazil.”
- May 30 2022 it-h 16.00 – Monastero dei Benedettini – Aula 254 – ID ZOOM: 995 6688 2995
Jonatan Culpeper (Lancaster University)
“Activity types as a pragmatic approach to discourse”
- May 31 2022 it-h 10.00 – Monastero dei Benedettini – Aula 254 ID ZOOM: 934 6971 3850
Elena Semino (Lancaster University)
“Conflict in online discussion about vaccination”
To follow on ZOOM please contact emanuela.campisi@unict.it
International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
26th Meeting of the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Rome (Italy) June 14-18, 2022
Il 26° Meeting della Società Internazionale per la Storia delle Neuroscienze (ISHN) si terrà a Roma (Italia) dal 14 al 18 giugno 2022.
Il convegno è organizzato dal Museo di Storia della Medicina, Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma in collaborazione con il Polo Museale e i Dipartimenti di Psicologia, Neuroscienze Umane e Scienze Odontostomatologiche e Maxillo-Facciali di Sapienza e in collaborazione con la Società Italiana di Scienze Umane in Medicina (SISUMed), Associazione Culturale Ospedali Storici Italiani (ACOSI) e Gruppo di Storia della Neurologia della Società Italiana di Neurologia (SIN-GSN)
La conferenza si svolgerà presso l’Università La Sapienza di Roma, l’Orto Botanico di Roma e l’Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia.
La conferenza sarà in presenza e trasmessa online, previa iscrizione.
Quote di registrazione scontate fino al 15 maggio 2022.
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The 26th Meeting of the International Society for the History of Neurosciences (ISHN) will be held in Rome (Italy) on June 14-18, 2022.
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The Neuro Humanities Studies Network aims at creating a multidisciplinary research community in order to develop and structure a linking platform for neuro-scientific, cognitive topics and humanities.
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