Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to announce that issue n° 17 of EXPRESSION magazine has just
come out.

In four years of life of this periodical, a new discipline, *Conceptual
Anthropology,* has come to life and is arising interest among students,
scholars and thinkers. It is a new trend in the human sciences finding
expressions in its pages. What is conceptual anthropology? You will find
the answer in the pages of EXPRESSION magazine.

 The periodical is dedicated to *“the intellectual and spiritual
expressions of non-literate peoples”*. Arts, beliefs, myths, rituals,
traditions, introduce us to the marvelous world of human creativity. The
rediscovery of forgotten or little known societies reveal the dimensions of
the human identities. The insight into the variety of cultures enriches our
ability of understanding the world we all share.

The authors that contributed papers in the 17 issues appeared so far, come
form about 40 countries and EXPRESSION quarterly magazine is reaching
colleagues, friends and institutions in 70 countries. This shared
experience is producing connections and common interests among people of
different cultures and traditions of five continents. Both global and local
problems are faced, archaeology, art history and history of religions, are
present as invaluable sources to the knowledge of the human adventure,
along with oral traditions, memories and myths, all sharing the target of
reaching a better understanding of the present, thanks to the past, and
projecting ideas on the future. Conceptual Anthropology is uniting together
all the possible sources from different disciplines of the Human and Social
sciences.

The cooperation between ATELIER, the *Research Center for Conceptual
Anthropology* and UISPP-CISENP, the *International Scientific Commission on
the Intellectual and Spiritual Expressions of Non-literate Peoples*,
of the *International
Union of Prehistoric Sciences*, has offered the opportunity to colleagues
and friends to find a way of discovering each other and expressing their
concepts, their experiences, their queries, far beyond the borders of their
region and of their specific field of expertise. The cooperation and
participation of authors and readers resulted in the growing diffusion of
ideas, of concepts, and of the quarterly magazine.

EXPRESSION magazine is open to all those having something new to say, both
for diffusing their ideas or discoveries and for discussing them. Readers
share the debates and the emotions. Several issues have been concerned with
specific themes referred to as “projects”. *The message behind the image* is
the main topic of this issue. Other papers on the same topic will appear in
future issues.

Two new projects are planned for future issues and submission of pertinent
papers is welcome. One concerns “*the intellectual and spiritual
expressions of non-literate peoples*”. It will be a pre-congress issue
dedicated to the homonymous session of the forthcoming world congress of
UISPP (*Union Internationale des Sciences Prehistoriques et
Protohistoriques*) to be held in Paris (3–9 June 2018). It will include
pre-congress drafts of the papers to be presented at the Congress and will
be published in time to be available at the Congress.

 The other project considers papers concerning the artistic, archeological
and anthropological evidence of *Myths and Memories, *of cultures and ages
around the world. Each monument, each rock picture, each standing stone,
has its stories. By decoding them, history is being produced out of
prehistory. The role of myths and beliefs in the visual art are mirrors of
conceptual elaborations of the human mind. Thanks to the contributions of
nearly 200 authors, stones are speaking to us.

 Additional details can be found on the pages of EXPRESSION magazine.

We are grateful to authors and readers and welcome all those interested in
this quarterly e-periodical.

The last issue may be requested for free providing your full name and
postal address to [log in to unmask] Enjoy the reading. Comments and
queries are welcome.

Cordial regards,

Emmanuel Anati





Prof. Emmanuel Anati
President, Atelier Research Center for Conceptual Anthropology
Director, CISPE, Centro Internazionale di Studi Preistorici ed Etnologici

President, UISPP-CISENP, International Commission

Professor of Paleo-ethnology (Ret.), University of Lecce
Honorary President, Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici

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