COMM 2P20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Susan Stern, Bernard Herrmann, Bruno Latour
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Professor of american studies and folklore, university of north carolina, chapel hill, in his book. The stolen house, 1992: 1) object-centered approaches in which the focus of study is the object itself, 2) object-driven approaches in which focus shifts to how objects relate to the peoples and cultures that make and use them. Three approaches to materiality (storey, ch 10: actor-network theory (bruno latour) materiality as actor, cultural studies meaning and materiality (e. g. , barthes and semiotics, material culture studies materiality without meaning (daniel miller and the emperor"s new. Relate your answer to the textbook and other relevant sources: how might we apply storey"s three broad approaches actor network theory, meaning and materiality, materiality without meaning to barbie, barbie nation raises interesting questions about gender and sexuality. Identify relevant scenes in the film and discuss them: the film has been criticized for its focus on middle class white interviewees.