Arts

The Distributed Truth-Telling Model Authors Nicolas J Bullot, Stephen W Enciso Abstract This article provides a philosophical response to the need for truth-telling about colonial history, focusing on the Australian context. The response consists in inviting philosophers and the public to engage in social-justice practices specified by a model called Distributed Truth-Telling (DTT), which integrates the historiography of injustices affecting Indigenous peoples with insights f

Authors William Forde Thompson, Nicolas J. Bullot, and Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis Abstract Research has investigated psychological processes in an attempt to explain how and why people appreciate music. Three programsof research have shed light on these processes. The first focuses on the appreciation of musical structure. The second investigates self-oriented responses to music, including music-evoked autobiographical memories, the reinforcement of a sense of self, and ben

Authors Lee Harrop, Nicolas J. Bullot First and Second Paragraphs The audience of a work of art typically offers a plurality of interpretations of the work. Some of them enrich our connections with the work and its historical context. Other interpretations are problematic because they elicit responses that thwart fundamental artistic freedoms and human rights. The latter include responses promoting the destruction of cultural heritage and the persecution of artists acting as