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The Forum: 18/04/2010

18/04/2010

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Is art and creativity universal and what evolutionary advantage has it given us?

Art and creativity as a universal human trait; eco-intelligence for an industrialised age; and the fiction of memory, creating a myth of home.

New Zealand Philosopher Denis Dutton on art and creativity as a universal human trait; American psychologist Daniel Goleman on creating an eco-intelligence for an industrialised age and author Wendy Law-Yone discusses the fiction of memory and how we create a myth of home.

An artistic ape drawing on eco-intelligence to forget his  idea of home by Emily Kasriel

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