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Toward a Comparative Analysis of the Facial and Bodily Representation of
Anthropomorphic Artifacts
Naoko Matsumoto
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How art and technology connect mind, body, and society is one of the key issues of the Out of Eurasia
project. In order to investigate how people make things and things make people, it is necessary to undertakean integrative analysis of “art” as the technological aspect which extends human physical functions, along
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emotion. This project aims to elucidate the nature of the generation and transformation of “art” in theprocesses of the development of civilizations. Through comparative analysis of actual cases from theJapanese Archipelago, Mesoamerica, the Andes, and Oceania, we hope to examine how the two aspectsof art are integrated through the body and how they are related to the transformation of society andculture. A comparative analysis of anthropomorphic artefacts is one of the core research projects, as they
are a rich source of information about technology, identity, gender, and social structure. Mesoamerica
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Uno de los temas clave del proyecto “Fuera de Eurasia” es cómo el arte y la tecnología conectan lamente, el cuerpo y la sociedad. En la investigación de cómo las personas hacen cosas y las cosas hacen alas personas, es necesario emprender un análisis integrador del "arte" como el aspecto tecnológico que
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naturaleza de la generación y transformación del “arte” en el proceso del desarrollo de las civilizaciones.
Mediante el análisis comparativo de casos reales del archipiélago japonés, Mesoamérica, los Andes y
Oceanía, esperamos examinar cómo los dos aspectos del arte se integran a través del cuerpo y cómo se
relacionan con la transformación de la sociedad y la cultura. Un análisis comparativo de los objetos
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