CMST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nonverbal Communication, Sign Language, Mimesis
19 Sep 2016
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It"s part of how we cannot not communicate. Nonverbal signals that constitute how we communicate. Almost completely true: sign language is gesture, yet is linked to words. Some gestures we make can be translated in words despite not being sign language. Nonverbal kind of signals, can be, for the most part be everything but words. Relationship of the subject in the painting and its background: vase and two faces example. Draw attention to our nonverbal background we may not pay attention to how they say it. Recall: symbolic thought is the founding of human beings through he scapegoat of sacrifice. Sacrificial rituals: representational because the idea of sacrificing something is for a reason, also saying it"s a mimetic sort of thing in desire, in geradian terms representational. Face use different faces, to immediate an interaction: a smile, friendly face, if you"re angry or pissed.
