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nature and artifice, such as that found in curiosities such as the carved cherrystone,
or the stone in the shape of a heart. Thus, not only illusionistic dioramas,
panoramas and immersive exhibits can be understood as mimetic, but also the
resemblances and ‘sympathetic’ correspondences of the curiosity cabinet. The
anthropologist Michael Taussig argues that instead of seeing mimesis in terms of
deception or in opposition to the real, mimesis connects people to the world of
things, and to one another. To mimic or imitate is to sensuously connect with that
which is different, to become ‘Other’.
Taylorism: see Fordism