At the fringe of human freedom: The concept of space and time within urban settlements and among nomads in antiquity

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify in the early urbanism of the ancient Near East and in the nomadism of the Eurasian steppes the signs of a sociocultural dimension close to our concept of commons, particularly in relation to mobility in space and the control of time, also exploring how contemporary art collective practices are the generators of a new aesthetics of the real, the living commons, through the ongoing artistic researches of Filippo Berta and Julien Bismuth.