Jonathan Friedman : Globalizing Fantasies Trenchant Realities

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Jonathan Friedman is a distinguished professor of anthropology at UC San Diego and Directeur d'études, EHESS, Paris. Arguing for the necessity of a global systemic perspective in understanding the contemporary situation, Friedman speaks on a global anthropology of contemporary crisis and the failures of the globalization framework to deal with the phenomenon.

CARTA: Aesthetics and the Infant Mind - Patricia Kuhl

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Renowned researcher Patricia Kuhl shares insights into the development of aesthetics in humans.
Series: CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny

CARTA: Human Cultural Universals

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In this edition of CARTAs Human and Non-Human Cultures Series, renowned researchers Donald Brown of UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diegos Jonathan Friedman and Rupert Stasch discuss universal qualities that distinguish human cultures from non-human cultures, how order naturally emerges in the world of humans and non-humans to become their respective cultures, and how reflexivity and the use of culture is important to creating culture and its norms.

CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics

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In this edition of CARTAs Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics Series, two world-renowned scientists, neurologist Vilayanur Ramachandran and neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux share their insights into the neurobiology that mediates our perception of universal qualities essential to the human experiences of aesthetics and creativity. Series: CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny