Abstract: Ellen Dissanayake (Rock Island, 1936) is an independent writer and researcher with a professional affiliation to the University of Washington. The focus of her research is transdisciplinary, incorporating evolutionary biology, ethology and neuroscience, among other fields of study. Over the years, combining her interest in the arts with evolutionary biology, and using her own experience from living for more than 15 years in non-Western countries, Ellen Dissanayake has developed a new way of looking at the arts as a normal, natural and necessary component of our evolutionary nature as human beings. In her work she addresses art as behavior and its evolution, the biological and neurobiological foundations of aesthetics and the arts, etc. Given the great relevance of his thinking for my research and that I was cotranslating her latest book Art and Intimacy. How the Arts Began (2000) into Spanish, the University to which I belong, UNED, financed a visit to her current residence in Seattle. There we had the opportunity to talk about different aspects of his academic and personal work, both being inseparable in his career. This interview is the result of conversations held. ; Ellen Dissanayake (Rock Island, 1936) es una escritora e investigadora independiente, con una trayectoria vinculada a la Universidad de Washington. Su enfoque sobre las artes es transdisciplinar, incluyendo la biología evolutiva, la etología, la neurociencia, entre otras. A través de los años, combinando su interés en las artes con la biología evolutiva, y empleando su propia experiencia tras vivir durante más de 15 años en países no occidentales, Ellen Dissanayake ha desarrollado una nueva manera de considerar las artes como un componente normal, natural y necesario de nuestra naturaleza evolutiva como seres humanos. En su obra aborda el arte como comportamiento y su evolución, los fundamentos biológicos y neurobiológicos de la estética y las artes, etc. Dada la gran relevancia de su pensamiento para mi investigación y que estaba cotraduciendo ...
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