Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture
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@ESICulture
Academic journal, publishes scholarly and scientific articles and reviews on every aspect of imaginative culture. Published by @ASP_Boston
A very sad message from our editor-in-chief:
New (open access) publication by me: "Obscurantism in Academic Writing: What It Is and Why It Is Bad." I publish the piece as the editor of the journal. It has not been reviewed, and it is meant to be a little informal and opinionated :-) tidsskrift.dk/lev/article/vi…
"Humanity didn’t evolve to watch popular movies; instead, popular cinema has evolved to match our cognitive and perceptual proclivities." Great new book out by James Cutting on the cultural evolution of film form global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Game of Thrones, Lord of the Ring, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Zelda, Avatar… Fictions set in large and rich imaginary worlds are more and more popular around the world. Why do humans tend to enjoy fictional environments that differ from the real world? A long thread ⬇️ (1/74)
Our latest issue is now out - 6.1, with an exciting symposium on the science of emotion, as well as a review essay, article reviews, book reviews, and a spicy letter exchange: degruyter.com/journal/key/es…
