Folk Illusions

Author : K. Brandon Barker,Claiborne Rice
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253041104

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Folk Illusions by K. Brandon Barker,Claiborne Rice Pdf

Wiggling a pencil so that it looks like it is made of rubber, "stealing" your niece's nose, and listening for the sounds of the ocean in a conch shell– these are examples of folk illusions, youthful play forms that trade on perceptual oddities. In this groundbreaking study, K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice argue that these easily overlooked instances of children's folklore offer an important avenue for studying perception and cognition in the contexts of social and embodied development. Folk illusions are traditionalized verbal and/or physical actions that are performed with the intention of creating a phantasm for one or more participants. Using a cross-disciplinary approach that combines the ethnographic methods of folklore with the empirical data of neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychology, Barker and Rice catalogue over eighty discrete folk illusions while exploring the complexities of embodied perception. Taken together as a genre of folklore, folk illusions show that people, starting from a young age, possess an awareness of the illusory tendencies of perceptual processes as well as an awareness that the distinctions between illusion and reality are always communally formed.

Author : Steven Sloman,Philip Fernbach
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780399184345

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The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman,Philip Fernbach Pdf

“The Knowledge Illusion is filled with insights on how we should deal with our individual ignorance and collective wisdom.” —Steven Pinker We all think we know more than we actually do. Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We’re constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact—and usually we don’t even realize we’re doing it. The human mind is both brilliant and pathetic. We have mastered fire, created democratic institutions, stood on the moon, and sequenced our genome. And yet each of us is error prone, sometimes irrational, and often ignorant. The fundamentally communal nature of intelligence and knowledge explains why we often assume we know more than we really do, why political opinions and false beliefs are so hard to change, and why individual-oriented approaches to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative minds also enable us to do amazing things. The Knowledge Illusion contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using the community around us.

Author : Madeline J. Reynolds
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781640635647

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Illusions by Madeline J. Reynolds Pdf

Dear Thomas, I know you're angry. It's true, I was sent to expose your mentor as a fraud illusionist, and instead I have put your secret in jeopardy. I fear I have even put your life in jeopardy. For that I can only beg your forgiveness. I've fallen for you. You know I have. And I never wanted to create a rift between us, but if it means protecting you from those who wish you dead—I'll do it. I'll do anything to keep you safe, whatever the sacrifice. Please forgive me for all I've done and what I'm about to do next. I promise, it's one magic trick no one will ever see coming. Love, Saverio

Author : Ruth B. Bottigheimer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812201505

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Fairy Tales and Society by Ruth B. Bottigheimer Pdf

This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. A few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the 1001 Nights; the female voice in folklore and fairy tale; change in narrative form; tests, tasks, and trials in the Grimms' fairy tales; and folklorists as agents of nationalism. The subject of methodology is discussed by Torborg Lundell, Stven Swann Jones, Hans-Jorg Uther, and Anna Tavis.

Author : Russell Haley
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811209296

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Real Illusions by Russell Haley Pdf

This title features a selection of family lies and biographical fictions in which the ancestral dead also play their part.

Author : Casey York
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607059264

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Modern Appliqué Illusions by Casey York Pdf

The award-winning quilter and appliqué designer brings fine art principles to 12 stunning quilts in this surprisingly simple step-by-step guide. Casey York pushes creative boundaries in the quilting world with her graphic, contemporary designs and patterns. In Modern Appliqué Illusions, she combines easy quilting methods with the fine art secrets of depth and perspective to create modern quilted optical illusions. Though these sophisticated look like museum pieces, they are designed for everyday use. In Modern Appliqué Illusions, you will learn to create landscapes that recede into the distance, objects that look three-dimensional, even fish that seem to swim underwater—all with easy raw-edge appliqué and straight-line machine quilting! Hand stitching finishes the appliqué with a clean look that still has a handmade feeling.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Shorthand
ISBN : IND:30000111687988

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The Gregg Shorthand Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clifton Lopez
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300130796

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Of Green Illusions by Clifton Lopez Pdf

Author : Susana Martinez-Conde,Stephen Macknik
Publisher : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780374718398

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Champions of Illusion by Susana Martinez-Conde,Stephen Macknik Pdf

A full-color celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind them In Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik present a smorgasbord of mystifying images, many selected from their Best Illusion of the Year Contest. Whether it’s false motion, tricks of perspective, or shifting colors, Champions of Illusion is packed with adventures in visual perception. If you have ever found yourself face-to-face with an utterly bewildering illusion, you know the powerful effect such images have on the mind. The question we often ask ourselves is, How is that possible? Martinez-Conde and Macknik, who study the intersection of neuroscience, illusions, and stage magic, explain just why we think we see the things we see. The Best Illusion of the Year Contest draws entries from vision scientists, artists, magicians, and mathematicians bent on creating today’s most beguiling illusions. Featuring the contest’s most bizarre effects and unbelievable mind tricks, along with classic illusions and illuminating descriptions of what is actually going on in your brain when you are deceived by visuals on the page, Champions of Illusion is an electrifying mix of science and magic that you will not soon forget.

Author : Kristina Kleutghen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295805528

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Imperial Illusions by Kristina Kleutghen Pdf

In the Forbidden City and other palaces around Beijing, Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795) surrounded himself with monumental paintings of architecture, gardens, people, and faraway places. The best artists of the imperial painting academy, including a number of European missionary painters, used Western perspectival illusionism to transform walls and ceilings with visually striking images that were also deeply meaningful to Qianlong. These unprecedented works not only offer new insights into late imperial China�s most influential emperor, but also reflect one way in which Chinese art integrated and domesticated foreign ideas. In Imperial Illusions, Kristina Kleutghen examines all known surviving examples of the Qing court phenomenon of �scenic illusion paintings� (tongjinghua), which today remain inaccessible inside the Forbidden City. Produced at the height of early modern cultural exchange between China and Europe, these works have received little scholarly attention. Richly illustrated, Imperial Illusions offers the first comprehensive investigation of the aesthetic, cultural, perceptual, and political importance of these illusionistic paintings essential to Qianlong�s world. For more information: http://arthistorypi.org/books/imperial-illusions

Author : K. Brandon Barker,Daniel J. Povinelli
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253059246

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The Aesop's Fable Paradigm by K. Brandon Barker,Daniel J. Povinelli Pdf

The Aesop's Fable Paradigm is a collection of essays that explore the cutting-edge intersection of Folklore and Science. From moralizing fables to fantastic folktales, humans have been telling stories about animals—animals who can talk, feel, think, and make moral judgments just as we do—for a very long time. In contrast, scientific studies of the mental lives of animals have professed to be investigating the nature of animal minds slowly, cautiously, objectively, with no room for fanciful tales, fables, or myths. But recently, these folkloric and scientific traditions have merged in an unexpected and shocking way: scientists have attempted to prove that at least some animal fables are actually true. These interdisciplinary chapters examine how science has targeted the well-known Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher" as their starting point. They explore the ever-growing set of experimental studies which purport to prove that crows possess an understanding of higher-order concepts like weight, mass, and even Archimedes' insight about the physics of water displacement. The Aesop's Fable Paradigm explores how these scientific studies are doomed to accomplish little more than to mirror anthropomorphic representations of animals in human folklore and reveal that the problem of folkloric projection extends far beyond the "Aesop's Fable Paradigm" into every nook and cranny of research on animal cognition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11614683

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Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Jacobs,Alfred Trübner Nutt,Arthur Robinson Wright,William Crooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ17ZA

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Folklore by Joseph Jacobs,Alfred Trübner Nutt,Arthur Robinson Wright,William Crooke Pdf

Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Best books
ISBN : UOM:39015005387330

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Junior High School Library Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Harker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN : IND:39000005535575

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Fakesong by David Harker Pdf

"'Folksongs' interest many people nowadays, because they are meant to be the kinds of songs most of our ancestors sang, before industrialisation, before the mass media, before music and song became commodities, and before all the assorted evils associated with advanced capitalist society. 'Folksongs' and 'ballads' represent real values something honest and straightforward and beautiful to hang on to, and make us feel our roots in the Britain of 1900 or 1800 or even 1700. The only problem with this way of thinking is that it is based on myths. What we now know as 'folksongs' and 'ballads' were sought after, collected, edited and published by individuals who were either members of the rising bourgeoisie, or were ideologically sympathetic to bourgeois culture and values. The working people who sang their songs, and had them chopped up, amended and sometimes re-written or invented on their behalf, are remarkably absent from the story of 'folksong'. Before we can begin to piece together the real history of our ancestors' culture, we have to penetrate the 'mediations' of people like Cecil Sharp, Francis James Child and Albert Lancaster Lloyd, and to begin building again on firmer foundations. This book sets out to clear the ground"--Page 4 of cover.