ANT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tā Moko, Hunter-Gatherer, Semiotics

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9 Feb 2017
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Linguist, interested in system of sounds and words. Cat: fur, whiskers, ears, paws, purring, 4 legs. Interested in signs used to refer to concepts. Icon: signs that bear a resemblance to the concept they refer to. When seeing an iconic sign, the viewer recreates the sign in their mind, based on their own experiences with the concept. Opening your arms wide to represent big. Index: casual/existential relationship to the concept they refer to. The meaning of these signs is not in the sign itself, but in the relationship to a concept the sign points to. When seeing an index, the viewer deduces what the sign represents. Symbol: arbitrary, conventional signs that stand for something else. Learned later in childhood, no natural connections between symbols and their concepts. Found in south tyrol (austria/italy, circa 3,300 bce. Body was completely preserved, with skin still intact. 61 tattoos have been identified on otzi. Pigments were made using the ashes from fire.

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