[Xmca-l] Re: Imagination;semiotic mediation

[Andy Blunden]

I don't see an allusion to phrenology, Huw. It's  direct 
allusion to palmistry surely, and the text goes on to explain.
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
On 27/03/2016 3:06 PM, Huw Lloyd wrote:
> http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2016-03-28
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> A comic version of the (pseudo-science) phrenology sculpture with short
> fingers.
>
> It's a vertically raised, rather than open-forward raised, left hand,
> suggesting a posture of swearing allegiance. Sickly colours.
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> Huw
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> On 27 March 2016 at 04:43, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>> I invite comment on the process of interpreting images using the most
>> recent New Yorker cover as an example. They often strike me as especially
>> rich condensed representations.
>> They are one of the means I use to think about Eisenshtein, who David has
>> brought into recent discussions to useful effect.
>>
>> How do you interpret the raised hand and inscriptions to be found at
>> newyorker.com if you scroll down the page. The leftmost image with a hand.
>> How do you interpret it from first impression to reflective summary/label?
>>
>> If this proves interesting the cover with the stop sign would be a second
>> choice.
>>
>> Mike
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>> --
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>> It is the dilemma of psychology to deal as a natural science with an object
>> that creates history. Ernst Boesch
>>