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Dr Paolo Fortis' Outputs (1)

The aesthetics of 'time-reckoning': a Guna chromatic history (2019)
Journal Article
Fortis, P. (2019). The aesthetics of 'time-reckoning': a Guna chromatic history. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 25(3), 441-466. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13077

This is a study of time and aesthetics through an ethnographic analysis of an indigenous visual system. Looking at historical changes in women's clothing and village patterns among Guna people (Panama), the article shows that images and artefacts are... Read More about The aesthetics of 'time-reckoning': a Guna chromatic history.