ANTH245 2007-10-08: Difference between revisions
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* Materiality | * Materiality | ||
* Ritual -> Orality -> Literacy ... | * Ritual -> Orality -> Literacy ... | ||
=== Reconstitution of Knowledge === | |||
=== Exteriorization of Knowledge === | === Exteriorization of Knowledge === | ||
=== Commodification of Knowledge === | === Commodification of Knowledge === | ||
=== Communicational Transparency === | === Communicational Transparency === | ||
* See Shannon's model | * See Shannon's model | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 8 October 2007
Intro
Business
- November 5th meeting will be cancelled
- See Blackboard for the updated syllabus
Recap
Segue
Themes
Knowledge
Connection to Representation
- Materiality
- Ritual -> Orality -> Literacy ...
Reconstitution of Knowledge
Exteriorization of Knowledge
Commodification of Knowledge
Communicational Transparency
- See Shannon's model
- "Information wants to be free"
- Social problems reducible to "noise"
- Missing context --> See Bateson's misreading of Shannon
- Government gets in the way
Political Economy
Globalization
Legitimacy
Resistance
Language Games
Discourse and Narrative
Database as Symbolic Form
- Examples:
