WMST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, David M. Halperin, Giorgio Agamben
5 Jul 2016
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Culture symbols to tell stories: material objects, identity of citizenship (signifiers), language(s) We stay ethical by relating to others" narratives/look to relate. Once we tell a story, who"s story is it: shared, becomes both ppls story. Facts must be the same: open to interpretation. How interpreted decides if the story is that same/shared or if you"ve made it your own. Ie teacher narrative: real life vs. news view. Identities can be interpreted from memories, stories, etc. Plot is central feature of narrative: fundamentally what makes the narrative; brings together different events and episodes into a meaningful whole, events not thrown together at random, but are linked together. Stories are procedures for making sense of the world, of the details of our days, and ultimately of our lives: interpretive devices through which ppl make sense of/understand/live their lives. Initial narrative is itself both an interpretation and the creative assemblage of disparate elements.
