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 nearly 200 authors that contributed papers in the 17 issues
appeared so far, come form ca 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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