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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Leonardo Co-Sponsors Synesthesia
Discussion on YASMIN List, February 2008<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During the month of February 2008
an open discussion will be held on the YASMIN
list on the topic of synesthesia. To join or read the discussion
register at:</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin/">http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin/</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The discussion is being moderated by
Carol Steen, co-founder and board member of
the American Synesthesia Association, Inc.
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.synesthesia.info">http://www.synesthesia.info</a>)
</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Other discussants include Greta Berman
(art historian at the Julliard School);
Cretien van Campen (moderator of the Synesthetics Netherlands website
and
author of the Leonardo Book Series book “The Hidden Sense”); Veroniki
Korakidou
(PhD Researcher at the NT Lab of the Department of Communication &
Media Studies
of the University of Athens); Hervé-Pierre Lambert (member of Institut
Nicod, ENS/EHESS, Paris); Pier Luigi Capucci (teacher at the
universities of
Bologna and Urbino) and Avishai Henik (faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences, University of the Negev Be'er-Sheva). <span style=""> </span>All
new discussants are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Much work has
gone into research on synesthesia that is now continuing in 43
countries around
the world. fMRI scans have shown scientists that synesthetes were
reporting
accurately, thus convincing them that this was a real and legitimate
field of
study. But the research is still relatively new and we still don't know
much
about synesthesia. As a topic of interest, it certainly has intrigued
the world
from many different vantage points. Some synesthetes want to know
whether they
are alone in their perceptions or if they share visions, and/or other
perceptions. Are there commonalities? Others wonder how they, as
non-synesthetes,
can begin to understand and use these joined perceptions in their work.
What
most people think of when contemplating synesthesia is colored sound.
However,
studies suggest that one of the most common forms of synesthesia
involves
colored graphemes (letters and numbers, including colored words that
may or may
not have the same colors as the letters that form them). There are
about 54
forms of synesthesia that have been documented, and as research
continues,
other forms are being added to this still developing taxonomy.</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">In this new YASMIN
discussion we would
like to invite questions and thoughts on any of the following topics
from our
discussants and from those who are interested in learning more about
synesthesia. Comments and observations from synesthetes are most
welcome, including
questions about one's own perceptions (Am I a synesthete? Do others see
what I
see?)<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Synesthesia and
Perception: Accurate
information about synesthesia. What does a photism look like?
Commonalities of
synesthetic perception. <o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Common and rare forms: A
taxonomy of
forms. Who has it? "Faking" synesthesia and why would anyone want to
do that?<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Synesthesia as
Inspiration: Creative
Artists & S. S and Metaphor. Multi-disciplinary presentations. Sand
Education
(Language Learning and Memory, for example)</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p><span
style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Current Research and
Researchers:
Neuroscience and S. Genetics and S. Diagnosis, testing<br>
<br>
The YASMIN discussion is part of the Leonardo Synesthesia and
Intersenses
Special Project launched in 1999 by Jack Ox and Jacques Mandelbrojt
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/spec.projects/synesthesia/synesthesia.html">www.leonardo.info/isast/spec.projects/synesthesia/synesthesia.html</a>).
This project includes a series of published articles and a bibliography
on synesthesia
edited by van Campen. Recently, Leonardo network members engaged in a
debate
about synesthesia at the MutaMorphosis conference in <st1:city
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Prague</st1:place></st1:city>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mutamorphosis.org">http://www.mutamorphosis.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We welcome ideas on how to
continue
these discussions.</span><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
carlos palombini (dr p)
professor adjunto de musicologia
universidade federal de minas gerais
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cpalombini@gmail.com"><cpalombini@gmail.com></a>
"Je renie le baptême et la messe.
Il n'y a pas d'acte humain
qui, sur le plan érotique interne,
soit plus pernicieux que la descente
du soi-disant Jésus-Christ
sur les autels."
(Antonin Artaud, Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu, 1947)</pre>
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