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About Diegesis In Mind

Diegesis in Mind aims to encourage and support the use of cognitive (‘mind’) science to study ancient narrative (‘diegesis’). We intend to be an intellectual nucleus for continuing scholarly dialogue about methods, standards, prospects, and limitations of using cognitive disciplines to study ancient narrative texts and other media across disciplines.
This project is a collaboration between the University of St Andrews and the University of Bonn, supported by the British Academy and Uni Bonn Digitization Resources.

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BLOG POST | 20. September 2022

Blending in Diegesis: Public Lecture by Mark Turner

Mark Turner, Professor of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University, reviews aspects of conceptual blending that are consciously and explicitly put onstage during diegesis ('narrative' and narration). He makes the case that advanced blending is a basic mental operation for human beings, and it is constant. There would be no diegesis of any kind without it. ...
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BLOG POST | 20. September 2022

Blending in Diegesis: Workshop Highlights with Mark Turner

Mark Turner, Professor of Cognitive Science at Case Western University, gave a workshop on September 7, 2002, as an extension of his Public Lecture on 'Blending and Diegesis' at the University of St Andrews. In this 'master class', students and faculty posed questions that connected cognitive science and blending theory to their own research. ...
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BLOG POST | 31. August 2022

What does Language have to do with Cognitive Framing?

As a linguist – and in particular, one working with older texts as data– a major benefit of cognitive framing for textual analysis is the awareness that I’m constrained by knowledge about human cognition. If I can’t read long-ago authors’ or redactors’ minds, I can at least propose textual meanings and readings that are plausible for a human, embodied brain. ...
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BLOG POST | 30. August 2022

Meat in Cooking Pots? How Cognitive approaches to Metaphor help us Read Ezekiel

Readers of the ancient Israelite book of Ezekiel have long been fascinated, bewildered, and provoked by its imagery. One well-known example is the description of the prophet’s visionary experience in the first chapter, in which he sees multi-headed creatures, wheels with eyes, and the deity seated on a throne. This text became important as a model for ancient readers who wished to have similar ecstatic experiences. In more recent times, ...
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BLOG POST | 30. August 2022

How Cognitive Sciences Transform Ideas about Text, Audience, and Meaning

For the past ten years, I have entertained questions at the intersection of text, audience, and meaning. The cognitive sciences have allowed me to think outside methodological boxes in ways that breath new life into old questions. ...
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BLOG POST | 28. August 2022

Salzburg Event

Prior to our first livestreaming event with Mark Turner, the SBL International Meeting in Salzburg (July 17–21) provided us with the opportunity to engage with members of our Advisory Board as well as junior scholars in a seminar sponsored by the local planning committee. ...
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BLOG POST | 29. August 2022

Welcome to Diegesis In Mind

Diegesis in Mind aims to encourage and support the use of cognitive (‘mind’) science to study ancient narrative (‘diegesis’). We intend to be an intellectual nucleus for continuing scholarly dialogue about methods, standards, prospects, and limitations of using cognitive disciplines to study ancient narrative texts and other media across disciplines.
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BLOG POST | 27. August 2022

Why I Use Cognitive Science to Read Narratives?

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Victoria Pöhls, Koen de Temmerman and Kirsten Marie Hartvigsen on why they use cognitive science to read narratives? ...
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BLOG POST | 26. August 2022

Why I use Cognitive Linguistics to understand Religious Enmity and Social Identity

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Chris Porter on why he uses socio-cognitive science to read biblical narratives. ...
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