ARTHIST 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homo Ergaster, Homo Erectus, Art Therapy
24 Sep 2018
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Many believe that socialization is why homininds survived: their tool kits showed that they had complex inter-relationships and time-factored concepts, they were thinking sequentially and causally in time and space before speech. The shape of time: hunter and gatherers concepted time as (not linear as we do) entirely integrated, world that re(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed arou(cid:374)d the(cid:373). It repeats: the homo erectus had no concept for technological progress, the tools they made followed same pattern from 4. 5 mil to 3 mil. It was therapeutic to them: art making became social norms and bonded communities, which became essential to evolution. It sublimated and transformed sexual and aggressive instincts potentially har(cid:373)ful to group (cid:272)ohesio(cid:374). The(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t (cid:862)a(cid:272)t out(cid:863) the(cid:455) did art: thinking is not grounded in language. Creating consciousness: with art they could share, expand and grow knowledge base, as their consciousness is expanded through art making, and thinking about more than.
