Making

Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all are dedicated to exploring the conditions and potentials of human life. In this exciting book, Tim Ingold ties the four disciplines together in a way that has never been attempted before. In a radical departure from conventional studies that treat art and architecture as compendia of objects for analysis, Ingold proposes an anthropology and archaeology not of but with art and architecture. He advocates a way of thinking through making in which sentient practitioners and active materials continually answer to, or 'correspond', with one another in the generation of form. Making offers a series of profound reflections on what it means to create things, on materials and form, the meaning of design, landscape perception, animate life, personal knowledge and the work of the hand. It draws on examples and experiments ranging from prehistoric stone tool-making to the building of medieval cathedrals, from round mounds to monuments, from flying kites to winding string, from drawing to writing. The book will appeal to students and practitioners alike, with interests in social and cultural anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design, visual studies and material culture.

作者简介： 西德尼·吕美特（Sidney Lumet，1924—2011），好莱坞殿堂级导演，逾60年创作生涯横跨舞台剧、电视、电影领域，其中共拍摄电影作品45部，处女作《十二怒汉》便斩获柏林电影节金熊奖，其他代表作有《东方快车谋杀案》《长夜漫漫路迢迢》《热天午后》《电视台风云》等，共获50余项奥斯卡提名。2005 年，获颁奥斯卡终身成就奖。曾七次被美国导演工会（DGA）提名为最佳导演，并获得终身荣誉会员资格，及 DGA 最负盛名的奖项 D.W. 格里菲斯奖。1993年，获得美国国家艺术俱乐部（National Arts Club）颁发的终身成就奖。纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国运动影像博物馆、伦敦英国学院和巴黎的法国博物馆都曾为其举办过电影回顾展。 译者简介： 张文思，电影书籍译者，译有《生活本身：罗杰·伊伯特自传》《电影行话手册》《功夫熊猫艺术设定集》等。曾任1907电影博物馆执行馆长，现为电影活动策划、对谈主持。