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Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. (2016)
Journal Article
HAMLYN, J. 2016. Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. International journal of social, political and community agendas in the arts [online], 12(1), pages 23-28. Available from: http://ijaspc.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.233/prod.119

Despite the fact that we commonly refer to artworks as 'meaningful' things, this is not to say that meaning is a property analogous to size or shape. If meaning is not a property, then it seems reasonable to suppose that it can only be a way of using... Read More about Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning..

The truth about images. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
HAMLYN, J. 2016. The truth about images. Presented at the 7th International conference on the image, 1-2 September 2016, Liverpool, UK.

Many people believe that images-photographs in particular-are truth bearers; that they provide meaningful testimony and have what philosophers sometimes call factive, as opposed to fictive, status. We also commonly hear of how images are untrustworth... Read More about The truth about images..

How images actually work: settling a longstanding debate. (2016)
Journal Article
HAMLYN, J. 2016. How images actually work: settling a longstanding debate. International journal of the image [online], 7(1), pages 13-21. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/CGP/v07i01/13-21

As a cultural innovation, image-making is perhaps one of our most enduring forms of new media. The many technical developments necessary for the production of convincing images have emerged over the last 40,000 years, yet there is still widespread di... Read More about How images actually work: settling a longstanding debate..