GGR345H5 Chapter Notes -Narmada River, Malthusianism, Exoticism
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For example, identifying an object as a table" relies on the individual understanding the concept. Representation: refers to the ways in which languages, symbols, signs and images stand for objects, people, events, processes, ro things. Representation is made up of two processes called systems of representation . The first involves principles of organization through which objects, people, etc. are conceptualized and represented in our minds to the object that they see. These concepts are shared, but in order to share, we need a language to communicate. The second is language as the second representation. Language does not refer purely to written or spoken words, but also images, signs, symbols, and sounds for example. **shared meanings about objects and the language used to communicate are not fixed. This is because the meaning is not inherent in the object, event, etc. but is rather contructed in particular social context which vary spatially and temporally.
