With the adoption of agricultural practices came a conceptual shift in the way humans viewed the natural world and thus themselves and o/Others. Agri-culture, a form of cultural philosophy to which agricultural practices are inherent, posits firstly that humans are distinct from and superior to nature in all its forms. Within the category of nature … …read more
This thesis explores the intertwining narratives of wine, spirits, and drunkenness in art history, examining the cultural, social, and symbolic significance of these elements. In this case, I have examined the presentation of wine, spirits, and drunkenness in art in two significant art periods: the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century and late 19th/early … …read more
Approaching the Aesthetic Sensibility and Epistemology of An Artisan-Farmer and its Cosmogonic Possibilities The two central problematics of this thesis are the historical marginalisation of artisanal knowledge and practices, and the increasingly endemic crisis of reality which is being experienced in Western modernity. I argue that these two seemingly distant problems are in fact symptoms … …read more