Fabio R Gygi
Biographic Data
| ID | 10169638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fabio R Gygi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fabio R |
| FAMILY NAME | Gygi |
| SIGNATURE | GYGI F R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mnemonic Monsters Redux: Traumatic Signatures and the Afterlife of Image-Objects in Japanese Popular Culture
This paper explores the ways in which traumatic memories are shaped and transmitted by looking at two popular Japanese post-war media phenomena, Godzilla and Space Battleship Yamato. In opposition to the definition of trauma as that which escapes representation, I will argue with reference to the work of Aby Warburg that traces of trauma can energize certain forms of representation and provide them with a sometimes uncanny afterlife. Central to W…
Materiality
The term “materiality” has been used since the 1980s in the humanities and social sciences as a critical concept to address what was perceived as an excessive emphasis on meaning, discourse, and human agency. Materiality points to the ways in which matter can be conceived of as more than just a passive surface into which cultural meanings are inscribed. It illuminates how humans are both enabled and constrained by their material environments and …
Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them
Introduction: Object(s) of BeliefWhat is the relationship between religious objects and beliefs, between the materiality of things and the immaterial idea?There are, broadly speaking, two ways of approaching this question in the anthropology of religion.Either religious objects are understood as expressions of cognitively held beliefsor, conversely, belief emerges as the result of practices involving religious objects.For the former to work, seve…
Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them
Introduction: Object(s) of BeliefWhat is the relationship between religious objects and beliefs, between the materiality of things and the immaterial idea?There are, broadly speaking, two ways of approaching this question in the anthropology of religion.Either religious objects are understood as expressions of cognitively held beliefsor, conversely, belief emerges as the result of practices involving religious objects.For the former to work, seve…
Materiality
The term “materiality” has been used since the 1980s in the humanities and social sciences as a critical concept to address what was perceived as an excessive emphasis on meaning, discourse, and human agency. Materiality points to the ways in which matter can be conceived of as more than just a passive surface into which cultural meanings are inscribed. It illuminates how humans are both enabled and constrained by their material environments and …
Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them
Introduction: Object(s) of BeliefWhat is the relationship between religious objects and beliefs, between the materiality of things and the immaterial idea?There are, broadly speaking, two ways of approaching this question in the anthropology of religion.Either religious objects are understood as expressions of cognitively held beliefsor, conversely, belief emerges as the result of practices involving religious objects.For the former to work, seve…
Mnemonic Monsters Redux: Traumatic Signatures and the Afterlife of Image-Objects in Japanese Popular Culture
This paper explores the ways in which traumatic memories are shaped and transmitted by looking at two popular Japanese post-war media phenomena, Godzilla and Space Battleship Yamato. In opposition to the definition of trauma as that which escapes representation, I will argue with reference to the work of Aby Warburg that traces of trauma can energize certain forms of representation and provide them with a sometimes uncanny afterlife. Central to W…
Art (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Afterlife (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (1 works) · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies (1 works)