Meeting art with words: the philosopher as anthropologist

Timothy Ingold

doi:10.1177/1059712320970672

Meeting art with words: the philosopher as anthropologist

Timothy Ingold^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Taking up Rietveld’s challenge for philosophers to join with artists in investigating the questions of how to live better, this comment argues (a) that this conjunction of philosophy and art is already underway in the discipline of anthropology, (b) that it need not be limited to non-verbal investigations and (c) that a focus on the performative power of words enables us to close the gap between visual and textual expressions.

Original language	English
Journal	Adaptive Behavior
Early online date	19 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712320970672
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 19 Nov 2020

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Anthropology
art
philosophy
text
vision
words

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