NP urls of possible interest

[Doug Millison]

>Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
>http://www.writingonhands.org/
>
>This stimulating Website from the Trout Gallery at Dickinson College
>in Pennsylvania "focuses on the hand as a meeting place of matter,
>mind, and spirit" in early modern European thought. It offers dozens
>of images, "dating primarily from the fifteenth to the seventeenth
>centuries, concerning the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge
>from such diverse realms as anatomy, psychology, mathematics, music,
>rhetoric, religion, palmistry, and alchemy." The images include
>"miniatures, prints, and drawings [related to hands] that are
>inscribed with, or surrounded by, natural marks, such as lines or
>creases, or artificial ones, including letters, numbers, words, or
>symbols." Each image in the exhibition is explicated in relation to
>particular dominant themes of the science and thought of the era and
>features a full description, including context, of the item from the
>museum's catalog. The images are also "interactive," giving visitors
>the opportunity to select which themes they wish to learn more about
>and allowing them to activate animated portions. A fascinating,
>intelligently produced site whose primary drawback is that it runs
>very poorly on Netscape. Accordingly, we suggest individuals with an
option use Explorer with this one.

>
>  Anatomy of Disgust
>http://www.channel4.com/nextstep/disgust/
>
>This companion Website to the United Kingdom's Channel 4 series of
>the same name explores the phenomenon of human disgust from
>sociological, psychological, aesthetic, and biological perspectives.
>Three different sections examine the scientific debates on the
>origins of disgust, the sociological factor of disgust in such
>examples as the Indian caste system and homophobia, and the ways in
>which artists seek to confront us with the hypocrisy that can often
>underlie our habitual experiences of disgust. A small gallery of
>photographs and installations is included as well as interviews with
>some of the artists.
>


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>Subject:      The Scout Report for Social Sciences & Humanities -- January 9,
>               2001
>
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