When: |
23 Sep 2023 through 24 Sep 2023 | |
CFP Deadline: |
10 |
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Where: |
London/Online, United Kingdom | |
Website URL: |
https://myths.lcir.co.uk | |
Sponsoring organization: |
London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research | |
Categories: |
Social Sciences - Anthropology / Archaeology |
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Event description:
Humankind has always sought to explain its origins and the mysteries of life to map personal and collective boundaries, and to secure its sense of identity through the power of everyday events and occurrences. Exemplary accounts of imaginary happenings and supernatural creatures from a time beyond history and memory explain the genesis of the universe, the making of a living thing, the formation of an attitude or the inception of an institution. The essence of these traditional narratives reflects a certain system of values and code of self-conduct of a group of individuals bound together by social and cultural ties, and the cardinal virtues and vices of human nature captured in a conventional configuration.
Even though the time and place of performance and reception generate numerous variants and a multitude of interpretations, myths encode a universal sensibility and specificity, and propose generic yet unique models of humanity. They reveal a culture’s deepest understanding of...
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