Skilled Visions

Skilled Visions
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-13 : 1845452100
ISBN-10 : 9781845452100
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Book Synopsis Skilled Visions by : Cristina Grasseni

Download or read book Skilled Visions written by Cristina Grasseni and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most arguments for a rediscovery of the body & the senses hinge on a critique of 'visualism' in our globalized, technified society. This text raises the issue of the rehabilitation of vision and contextualises vision in the debate on the construction of local knowledge vs. the hegemony of the socio-technical network.


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