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The gaze is the act of seeing and being seen. It illustrates a particular dynamic in power relations and disciplinary mechanisms. The #gaze is not something one has or uses; rather, it is the #relationship into which someone enters. The gaze is integral to systems of #power and ideas about #knowledge. The psychological effect is that the subject loses a degree of autonomy upon realizing that he or she is a visible object. It has also been called an aspect of one of the most powerful #human forces; that is, the meeting of the face and the gaze because only there do we exist for one another. •• 👩🏿:@natashaluwedde 📷:@elizavetaporodina 🔁:@afrodyssee
Time travel is the concept of moving backwards or forwards to different points in time, in a manner analogous to moving through space, and different from the normal "flow" of #time to an earthbound observer. In this view, all points in time (including future times) "persist" in some way. •• Although time is regarded as an abstract concept, there is increasing evidence that time is conceptualized in the mind in terms of #space. That is, instead of thinking about time in a general, abstract way, humans think about time in a spatial way and mentally organize it as such. Using space to think about time allows humans to mentally organize temporal events in a specific way. •• #gabon •• 📷: #brunobarb
Truth is most often used to mean being in accord with fact or reality, or fidelity to an original or standard. The concept of #truth is discussed and debated in several contexts, including philosophy, art, theology, and science. Most human activities depend upon the concept, where its nature as a concept is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion. •• Various theories and views of truth continue to be debated among scholars, philosophers, and theologians. Language is a means by which humans convey information to one another. The method used to determine whether something is a truth is termed a criterion of truth. There are varying stances on such questions as what constitutes truth: what things are truthbearers capable of being true or false; how to define, identify, and distinguish truth; what roles do faith and empirical knowledge play; and whether truth can be subjective or is objective: relative truth versus absolute truth. •• 📷: @krivicmatjaz
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Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of #space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical #universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework. •• 🎨:@carlota_guerrero
A #ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a #community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized but not defined by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism, and #performance. ••• Rituals are a feature of all known #human societies. They include not only the #worship rites and sacraments of organized religions and cults, but also rites of passage, atonement and purification rites, oaths of allegiance, dedication ceremonies, etc. ••• 📷: @jessartes
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Dendrochronology is the scientific method of dating tree rings to the exact year they were formed in order to analyze atmospheric conditions during different periods in history. New growth in trees occurs in a layer of cells near the bark. A tree's growth rate changes in a predictable pattern throughout the year in response to seasonal climate changes, resulting in visible growth rings. Each ring marks a complete cycle of seasons, or one year, in the tree's life. As of 2013, the oldest tree-ring measurements in the Northern Hemisphere are a floating sequence extending from about 12,580 to 13,900 years. #Dendrochronology derives from Ancient Greek: (dendron), meaning "tree", (khronos), meaning "time", and (-logia), "the study of". ••• ••• 📷: @andreaemde
A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a #shadow is a two-dimensional #silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light. ••• The names umbra, penumbra and antumbra are often used for the shadows cast by astronomical objects, though they are sometimes used to describe levels of #darkness, such as in sunspots. An astronomical object casts human-visible shadows when its apparent magnitude is equal or lower than -4. Currently the only astronomical objects able to produce visible shadows on Earth are the sun, the moon and, in the right conditions, Venus or Jupiter. A shadow cast by the Earth on the Moon is a #lunareclipse. Conversely, a shadow cast by the Moon on the Earth is a #solareclipse. ••• 🎨:@augustudoh
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