RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Alarm Clock
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Female scientists/ females pursuing higher education= new normal . Participation in the game is an issue of political knowledge. Depends on the people who determine what is important. Some players encourage us to shift our attention from one topic to another (ex. Eco: need to find norms that takes into account different pov regarding one certain topic. Rules of game limit the number of interpretations. Effect of distance of communicative acts and utterances. Distribution of time and space/ spacial and temporal distribution. Communication and its distance broadens the horizons of situations and shifts conventions. Ex. indians wear alarm clock around his neck < demonstrates variability of interpretation. Object reach a part of the world and changes it utility, different from the original intention and meaning. Because of space, meanings can be different in the same historical time but equally valuable. 2 communities may need to come together to discuss the alarm clock. Different stakes in 1st and 3rd world communities.
