Here's the schedule for the new (Autumn 2006) series of anthropology classes at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation.
I call this series "Anthropology As Elemental and Kind" because the Aesthetic Realism understanding of anthropology shows in scientific and surprising ways how thoroughly akin we are to all people--because of the elemental structure all selves have in common, a structure of opposites, including pain and pleasure, welcoming and repulsion, practicality and a sense of beauty.
We'll discuss why it’s important, crucial, necessary--and aesthetically pleasing--to know this.
This class meets alternate Wednesdays, 6-7:30 PM, at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City.
• September 20 Anthropology at Its Simplest — and Your Place in It
• October 4 What Should Children Know about Anthropology?
• October 18 The Evolution of Speech: Self-Expression and Raw Survival
• November 1 Africa ’s Blombos Cave: Were the First People in History Anything Like Us?
• November 18 SATURDAY [ not Wednesday, Nov 15 ]
We meet with The Visual Arts and the Opposites class to see the show, “Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: The Art of the Papuan Gulf” at 11 AM, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• November 29 How Sameness and Difference Fight and Add to Each Other in the U.S.A.
• December 13 Do Opposites Unite You to Everyone? Students Speak on their findings
Call the Aesthetic Realism Foundation at 212-777-4490 for information or log onto www.aestheticrealism.org.
