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1 Φεβ 2019 · Material Engagement Theory (MET), which forms the focus of this special issue, is a relatively new development within cognitive archaeology and anthropology, but one that has important...
1 Δεκ 2018 · Material Engagement Theory (MET), which forms the focus of this special issue, is a relatively new development within cognitive archaeology and anthropology, but one that has important implications for many adjacent fields of research in phenomenology and the cognitive sciences.
Using a variety of examples and case studies, he considers how those ways might have changed from earliest prehistory to the present. Malafouris's Material Engagement Theory definitively adds materiality—the world of things, artifacts, and material signs—into the cognitive equation.
14 Νοε 2018 · Material Engagement Theory (MET) is currently driving a conceptual change in the archaeology of mind. Drawing upon the dictates of enactivism and active externalism, it specifically calls for a radical reconceptualization of mind and material culture.
19 Μαΐ 2022 · This chapter discusses the outline and implications of this alternative material engagement approach and illustrates some of the key concepts that can help us to rethink the concept of “mind” in the archaeology of mind.
The material engagement approach draws from a broad array of scientific studies on perception, cognitive development and archaeological evidence, making use of often overlooked materials (such as pebbles) to offer a strong explanatory framework for interpreting archaeological phenomena.
From Material Engagement Theory, we propose an alternative enactive, ecological, extended and semiotic viewpoint for which remembering is a way of materially engaging with and through things. Specifically, we suggest that one remembers when one updates their interactions with the world, a form of engagement previously
