To mark the centenary of Gilbert Durand's birth, the LLSETI and LPNC laboratories at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc are organizing a symposium on the theme of the imagination and neuroscience from May 10 to 12, 2021.
This symposium is an initiative of the Association des amis de Gilbert Durand (AAGD), with the support of the Centre international de recherches sur l'imaginaire (CRI2I).
This meeting is intended to take stock of the situation across disciplines: interpreters of G. Durand, observers of new extensions of Durandism, and experimental researchers in neuroscience will engage in a highly topical epistemological dialogue.
In the 1960s, Gilbert Durand developed a comprehensive, complex, and transdisciplinary conception of imagination, centered on linguistic myth and visual languages. Influenced by Cl. Lévi-Strauss, who emphasized the notion of mythical structure and neural roots, G. Durand opted for a "figurative structuralism" in which the meaning of images was also a matter of symbolization.
More than 50 years later, advances in neurological and cognitive sciences allow us to take a fresh look at this aspect of Durand's ideas. How does this new knowledge shed light on imagination and the imaginary? To what extent does it converge with G. Durand's earlier references? What new post-Durandian anthropology of the imaginary can we see emerging?
Participate in the symposium
Open to all upon registration by email at communication.llsh@univ-savoie.fr. A link to connect to Zoom will be sent to those who register to follow the conference online.
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Contact: centenairegilbertdurand@gmail.com