VIC224Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Barkcloth, Edward Said, Lambaesis
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Using a specific theory and a specific object and applying the theory. About accessing and applying information efficiently and concisely. Opposes structuralism and the works of levy strauss: argues that there are universal principles that governed culture. They could be decuded from studying material objects. For post-struc it is about the instability of human sciences. They believe human sciences are unstable because they are complex being: in material culture, they emphase on plurality of meaning. The concept of polyvalence meaning the plurality of meaning. What created the post structuralism moment was student movements and massive political change: people started questioning the system in place. It makes people wonder why things are as they are. Meaning comes from relationships between different things. Both theories place emphasis on language and text. Systems can be figured out in other things such as actual material objects.
