Aesthetics and Anthropology

<p>This book focuses on the reconfiguration of aesthetic anthropology into an anthropological problem of cogitation opening up a fascinating new dialogue between the domains of anthropology philosophy and art. Tarek Elhaik embarks on an inquiry composed of a series of <i>cogitations </i>based on fieldwork in an ecology of artistic and scientific practices: from conceptual art exhibitions to architectural environments; from photographic montages to the videotaping of spirit seances; and from artistic interventions in natural history museums to ongoing dialogues between performance artists and marine scientists. The chapters examine the image-work ethical demands and aesthetic struggles of interlocutors including artists Mathias Goeritz Mounir Fatmi Silvia Gruner Joan Jonas and Patricia Lagarde. </p>