Animated skeletons and the history of distraction

2014-03-26

University of Virginia. School of Medicine

How should we imagine the history of distraction? Is it true that the internet has made us distracted in a way that we never have been before? And, if it has, is that necessarily bad? What is distraction, anyway? In this Medical center hour, East Asian cultural historian Shigehisa Kuriyama suggests that comparative reflection on images of skulls and skeletons can offer us illuminating insight into these questions, and into the entwining of distraction with art, anatomy, curiosity, and early modern global trade.

Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Kuriyama, Shigehisa, 1954- (Speaker); Childress, Marcia Day (Moderator); University of Virginia. School of Medicine

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Filmed lectures

Civilization -- History; Anthropology

Medical Center Hour

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

English

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1 online resource (1 video file, 62:20 min.) : sound, color

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