The Possible World of Architecture

Claire Jamieson (author)

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Title	The Possible World of Architecture
Contributor	Claire Jamieson (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0053.1.27
Landing page	https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-funambulist-papers-vol-1/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Copyright	Jamieson, Claire
Publisher	punctum books
Published on	2013-10-23
Long abstract	We are natural storytellers. It is highly likely that our storytelling abilities evolved with language and human culture, and that there is something in our very nature that compels us to communicate using stories.2 Some have even gone so far as to suggest that language evolved as a response to the need to tell stories.3 The justification for this lies in the notion that a story or narrative is, in essence, a construction of the mind, and thus requires the complex qualities of language to communicate it — being that it is not sensory. But what constitutes a story, and what gives language primacy over oth-er modes of representation, such as the visual, in communicating them?
Page range	pp. 142–146
Print length	5 pages
Language	English (Original)

We are natural storytellers. It is highly likely that our storytelling abilities evolved with language and human culture, and that there is something in our very nature that compels us to communicate using stories.2 Some have even gone so far as to suggest that language evolved as a response to the need to tell stories.3 The justification for this lies in the notion that a story or narrative is, in essence, a construction of the mind, and thus requires the complex qualities of language to communicate it — being that it is not sensory. But what constitutes a story, and what gives language primacy over oth-er modes of representation, such as the visual, in communicating them?