Notes on the Cognitive Texture of an Oral Mind: Kitawa, a Melanesian Culture

by Giancarlo M. G. Scoditti

This book marks the culmination of Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti's renowned series of publications on the cultural production of the northern Massim island of Kitawa, Papua New Guinea. It explores how the Nowau 'creators of images' conceive of the way their artistic compositions come about - sketching Kitawan cognitive philosophy and aesthetic practice. Describing how for them images grow like the loops of the Nautilus shell - one of nature's prominant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907774084
• ISBN13: 9781907774089
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Sean Kingston Publishing
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"