Exploration of Embodied Cognition in Cross-cultural Memory Narratives From the Perspective of Film Phenomenology
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Film phenomenology; Embodied cognition; Cross-cultural memory; Intercultural cinema; Haptic visuality; Cinematic perception.Abstract
How is embodied cognition expressed in cross-cultural memory narratives according to the approach of film phenomenology? Do not see memory in film merely as representation or symbolism; rather, this research holds that cross-cultural memory is often transmitted through bodily perception, affective texture, sensory displacement and haptic spectatorship. Integrate phenomenological descriptions of perception with film theory and cultural memory studies to explore how cinematic images structure memory through motion, touch, sound, spatial dislocation, and sensory deficits. Intercultural cinema frequently explores the experiences of the diaspora and historical rupture by avoiding direct narration and expressing fragmented identity through embodied forms of seeing and feeling. In short, embodied cognition offers a way to connect phenomenological experience in film with ethical, emotional and memory-related problems of intercultural memory.
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