This long-awaited issue of Arts & Cultures, now in your hands, takes a look at the topic of “transmission”. In it you will find contributions from a range of authors, including anthropologists, historians, art historians, journalists and collectors. In...
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This long-awaited issue of Arts & Cultures, now in your hands, takes a look at the topic of “transmission”. In it you will find contributions from a range of authors, including anthropologists, historians, art historians, journalists and collectors. In studies, reports, accounts of travels among peoples on all five continents, covering the period from prehistory to the present day, they consider several types of transmission, from different perspectives. Humans have always sought to improve their situation, their knowledge, skills and future.
The production and transmission of knowledge, which forms the basis of any culture, has always been a crucial challenge for the survival of communities. Knowledge is exchanged, renewed and reinvented, and spoken transmission is undoubtedly one of the main ways in which teaching takes place, in both oral and written cultures.
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