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1、LinesWhatdowalking,weaving,observing,storytelling,singing,drawingandwritinghaveincommon?Theansweristhattheyallproceedalonglines.InthisextraordinarybookTimIngoldimaginesaworldinwhicheveryoneandeverythingconsistsofinterwovenorinterconnectedlinesandlaysthefoundationsforacompletelynewdiscipline:thea
2、nthropologicalarchaeologyoftheline.Ingold’sargumenttakeshimfromthemusicofAncientGreecetothatofcontemporaryJapan,fromSiberianlabyrinthstoNativeAmericanweaving,fromAustralianAboriginalsonglinestoRomanroads,andfromChinesecalligraphytotheprintedalphabet,weavingapathbetweenantiquityandthepresent.Sett
3、ingoutfromapuzzleabouttherelationbetweenspeechandsong,andbetweenwritingandmusicalnotation,Ingoldconsidershowtwokindsofline–threadsandtraces–canturnintooneanotherassurfacesformordissolve.Heshowshow,withtheonsetofmodernity,thelineleftasthetraceofagesturewasconvertedintoapoint-to-pointconnector,and
4、howthishasaffectedourunderstandingoftravel,mapping,narrativeandplace.Abriefexplorationofthegenealogicallineleadsintoadiscussionoftherelationbetweendrawingandwriting,andofhowthesecamehistoricallytobedifferentiated.Ingoldconcludesbyaskinghow,inthemodernworld,thelinebecamestraight,onlytoberuptureda
5、ndfragmentedbythedislocationsofpostmodernity.Drawingonamultitudeofdisciplinesincludingarchaeology,classicalstudies,arthistory,linguistics,psychology,musicology,philosophyandmanyothers,andincludingmorethanseventyillustrations,thisbooktakesusonanexhilaratingintellectualjourneythatwillchangethewayw
6、elookattheworldandhowwegoaboutinit.TimIngoldisProfessorofSocialAnthropologyattheUniversityofAberdeen.HispreviouspublicationsincludeThePerceptionoftheEnvironment(2000)whichexplorestherelationsbetweenperception,creativityandskill.Heiscurrentlyworkingontheinterfacebetweenanthropology,archaeology,ar
7、tandarchitecture.LinesAbriefhistoryTimIngoldFirstpublished2007byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTay
