Articoli che contengono il tag: anthropology

Forms of institutions. Creative and Destructive Processes

di | Pubblicato in N.36 - Thinking institutions | Contrassegnato , , , , , , |

Abstract This essay examines different aspects of the life of institutions. Through an analysis working on an anthropological and psychoanalytical level, contrasting yet coexisting aspects are brought to light. Beginning from an analysis of the recent film The Lobster, which … Continua a leggere→

Archaic songs for preserving and transmitting the mystery of birth, love and time

di , | Pubblicato in N.22 - The Ordering Function of Thought in Folktales | Contrassegnato , , , , |

Abstract Since the most remote times oral tradition has passed down linguistic-communicative materials that the adult uses for the caring relationship in the “nursery”: these pluri-semantic materials (consisting of sounds, rhythms, gestures, words, etc.) are structured in sequences that accompany … Continua a leggere→

Parallel Lives and Intertwined Narrations. Identitary Paths Between Life History and Historical Processes

di | Pubblicato in N.25 - Group and Migration | Contrassegnato , , , , , |

Abstract In this article the author reflects on how to textualize the life history of a Senegalese artist of a griot family (Badara Seck) who actually resides in Rome, without forcing the data into a different conception of being a … Continua a leggere→

Presentation “Group and Migration”

di | Pubblicato in N.25 - Group and Migration | Contrassegnato , , , , |

Abstract In the introduction some fundamental ideas that are relative to the analysis of immigration processes and cultural exchange are illustrated according to psychoanalytic parameters. In addition, a new, in depth interpretation that suggests both points of connection and divergence … Continua a leggere→