Roots of Writing. Origins, Developments, Methodologies of Investigation of Writing Expressions

Abstract

The present volume collects the six essays of the seminar series “The Roots of Writing”, which consisted of the dialogue between researchers and doctoral students from various departments of the University of Bologna and other university institutes, with the aim of discussing aspects relating to writing and its development, with an interdisciplinary approach. The introduction highlights the common thread of the various interventions, providing the reader with food for thought on the anthropological, historical, and cultural dynamics that determine the birth, use and development of writing.

Keywords

• philology
• paleography
• history of writing
• archaeology