The power of images | Stephen Asma & Nick Sousanis (full conversation)

559 views · Published 28 December 2016 · 50:01 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: NonzeroClips · 2016 · People & Blogs

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1:02 Unflattening, a doctoral dissertation in comic book form
4:56 Why academics tend to distrust images
10:10 Visual literacy as a way to understand the world better
18:47 Imagination and mysticism in Edwin Abbott’s Flatland
27:25 How images can help authors overcome intellectual alienation
41:01 Why everybody should learn to draw

Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37781

Stephen Asma (Columbia College Chicago, stephenasma.com) and Nick Sousanis (San Francisco State University, Unflattening, spinweaveandcut.com)

Recorded on December 16, 2016

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