Imagery in cultural tradition and innovation |
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| Authors: | Charles M Keller Janet Dixon Keller |
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| Institution: | 1. Early American Museum , Post Office Drawer 1040, Mahomet, IL, 61853;2. University of Illinois , E-mail: jdkeller@uiuc.edu |
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| Abstract: | Cultural traditions are preserved in the mental images stored and reconstructed from past experiences. Innovation requires the manipulation of this imagery in the course of productive activity. Tool use in the broadest sense is the mechanism enabling these processes. Vygotsky articulated a significant role for instrumental mediation in human psychology. We combine his perspective with insights from phenomenology and cognitive anthropology to develop a cultural psychology of visual imagery in the context of contemporary artist‐blacksmithing. |
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