Dissanayake Ellen
Biographic Data
| ID | 11028658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dissanayake Ellen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dissanayake |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellen |
| SIGNATURE | ELLEN D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Art in global context: An evolutionary/functionalist perspective for the 21st century
Regarding the arts as something peopledo — as behaviors, rather than the residue or artifacts of behavior — makes possible a theoretical grounding about their nature and importance, an endeavor that current anthropology of art has largely abandoned. A reconsideration of the suspect and largely discarded terms “functionalism” and “evolutionism” is presented in light of current evolutionary thinking. It is suggested that a contemporary reformulatio…
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Art in global context: An evolutionary/functionalist perspective for the 21st century
Regarding the arts as something peopledo — as behaviors, rather than the residue or artifacts of behavior — makes possible a theoretical grounding about their nature and importance, an endeavor that current anthropology of art has largely abandoned. A reconsideration of the suspect and largely discarded terms “functionalism” and “evolutionism” is presented in light of current evolutionary thinking. It is suggested that a contemporary reformulatio…
Archaeology (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works) · Perspective (graphical (1 works)