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Fthere’s a really good bit about the Norwegian school in wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement there are people looking at hallucinations as well, and how we live with them.
Another interesting (and short discussion)
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web3/Cohen.html Julia cohen comparing vis hallucinations with Charles Bonnet syndrome.
Sue.
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From: Narrative Inquiry where social science meets art [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of nigel short
Sent: 25 November 2011 13:06
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Subject: Re: Where Art meets the Social Sciences!
As part of an earlier degree course in the 80's i was interested in how different disciplines managed the concept of 'hallucinations. There was very little literature form
the social sciences and the majority of texts were, perhaps understandably from the professions of psychology and neurosciences. I was however put onto a book by Anthony Claire (In the Psychiatrists Chair fame) to wonderful tome by a Dr Critchley; Hallucinations
and their impact on art. Preston; Carnegie Press. 1987. There are many pieces in their by Bosch. The Garden of Earthly Delights is a wonderful example of Boschs inventiveness, delicacy, exquisite use of colours and fantasy. I saw the original in the Museo
del Prado in Madrid a few years back; a wonderful expression of the hopes and fears of his gae.
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:34:37 +0000
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Subject: Re: Where Art meets the Social Sciences!
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Hi Chrissy 'n NI
I am mystified about the imagery in the painting, especially the funnel. I wonder if it is to fill up the jug on the surgeon's belt. Why does the woman have a book on her head and why is
she gazing so wistfully ahead? Why is the monk holding a jug when there are no cups?
Did you notice the contrasting misty outlines of ecclesiastic style buildings and even towns in the far distance? Bosch is also one of my favourite artists, but it is very hard for 21st
century eyes to understand the symbolism in his work. I expect Banksy will present similar problems in a few hundred years. Every time I look at this I see more.
By the way are we all still good for 10 am on the 03/12/11, next Saturday? It will be very nice to have a break from these psychometrics and Discourse Analysis PDFs. The more I read on
psychometrics the less convincing many aspects of it appear. Although so far I haven't had much chance to check the evidence that is presented. E.g.,
I would be more impressed with IQ type tests if they included specific tests for some of the potential deficits [and even stupidity] of which a high scoring individual might be equally
capable. Many of the personality tests are too easy for candidates to guess which answers suggest desirable qualities. Apart from attemps to decieve the tester, is the question of how well people know themselves and how honest they are to themselves.
Best wishes Jo
From: Chrissy Panton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 11:12
Subject: Where Art meets the Social Sciences!
Hi All
The Cure of Folly (The Extraction of the Stone of Madness) attributed to Hieronymus Bosch.
1475 - 1490
Like this picture do you? What’s with the funnel on the surgeons head?
It does say on the title that this is a space where Art can meet the social sciences so I am guessing it is OK to post this here , because I just wanted to share this picture with you.
Please delete me if not appropriate.
There’s been a really fascinating series on Radio 4 (still available on podcasts) called The History of the Brain. One of the episodes touched on the history of art and its depiction of
Trepanation (drilling a hole in the skull, preferably without disturbing the brain). I have long been fascinated by the depiction of mental illness in art and how much information
can be conveyed in historical paintings. Bosch is one of my favourites as he is quite bizarre. Anyway this is one of his earlier pieces depicting a surgeon performing trepanation on a man with a flower (tulip) sprouting out of his head. Apparently the Dutch
referred to mad people as ‘tulip heads’. Bosch’s patient appeals to the surgeon to extract a stone from his head.
The stone in question is the "stone of folly" or "stone of madness" which, according to popular superstition, was a cause of mental illness, depression, or stupidity. Such stones could be located anywhere in the body,
such as the bowels or back, but were most commonly assigned to the head, where a surgeon would have to cut into the skull to remove them.
About this time trepanning or trepanation was
an established medical procedure. Archaeological evidence indicates that trepanning was practiced across Europe (indeed, worldwide, even in early Peruvian cultures) in prehistoric times; in medieval Europe, various medical experts recommended it for a variety
of illnesses ranging from skull fracture to epilepsy, insanity, and melancholia. Fascinating stuff !
Here endeth my art history lesson of the day on trepanation.
Flurry crinolines off the stage
C
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