Cristina Grasseni, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands http://www.minervaberkeley.org/conferences/seeing-knowing-vision-knowledge-cognition-and-aesthetics/2014-speakers1/cristina-grasseni/ Originally based on fieldwork with dairy breeders in the Italian Alps, the notion of ""skilled vision"" elaborates on the fact that visual apprenticeship is a form of relational and situated learning. Skilled visions proliferate, both in professional communities of practice and in everyday socialization. For example, strategies of collective self-representation rely on forms of naturalized social classification. After introducing the notion of Skilled Visions, I will provide current examples from the Italian-American community of Boston, analyzing social networks imagery and self-stereotyping (""Christmas in August"", 2013, with F. De Musso). 2014 Conference on Neuroesthetics - Seeing Knowing: Vision, Knowledge, Cognition, and Aesthetics http://www.minervaberkeley.org Co-sponsored by the School of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California Berkeley

Cristina García is the author of five novels, a collection of poetry, and three works for young readers including her newest release Dreams of Significant Girls. Her work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fourteen languages. Other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, a Hodder Fellowship, and an NEA grant, among others. Garcia has served as a professor at University of Texas-Austin, Texas Tech University, and University of Miami and will act as chair of Creative Writing at Texas State University-San Marcos from 2012-14. http://storyhour.berkeley.edu