Disability Studies 2216A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Semiotics, Signify, Lucida

• School: Western University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: Disability Studies 2216A/B
• Professor: Jeff Preston

Document Summary

Interpretation of the reader, has to do with meaning: this can include, but is not limited to, words (spoken or written, sounds (music or otherwise, etc. Stop sign: stop: connotative, deeper meaning: they are lurking under the surface, e. g. It makes intangible things seem tangible: to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)at (cid:373)(cid:455)th, (cid:449)e (cid:373)ust p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e a(cid:374) (cid:862)a(cid:396)tifi(cid:272)ial (cid:373)(cid:455)th(cid:863, culture jamming, remixing, mash-up, figures of bourgeois myth. I(cid:374)s(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)e (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial dis(cid:272)ou(cid:396)se(cid:863) (cid:894)ie: (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:396)ds it(cid:895: simple process, guess at meaning, assess guess, draw explanatory conclusion from better guesses, so at its core, ethnography is: Ideology: opinions, ideas or beliefs of an individual or group: can be political in nature, capitalism, socialism, libertarianism, etc. , e. g. Socialist ideology: sharing, libertarian ideology: they are they only law they need: right, centre, left, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)il(cid:455, hegemony: ideology that has been naturalized. Anthem, maple leaf: post card represents canadian hegemony, hegemony is a battle field. Its people fighting to get other people to believe what you believe.