semantics what things tell us?
MYTH
OTHERS. AND OTHER IDEAS OF OTHERNESS.
Meaning (expressions) Meaning is a distinct level of cognitive significance that represents how people understand the world around them--literally, the reality they construct in their minds that explains the world they experience. Meaning is the deepest level of this understanding and is distinct from values, emotions, and functional or financial benefits: Meaning (our sense of reality) Values (our sense of identity) Emotions Value (our sense of what something is "worth," financial benefits) Features (functional benefits)
rubbish+rhizomes
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value m.thompson
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
riddle: what is it that a rich man puts in his pocket that the poor man throws away?
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
the riddle challenges the basis to social order, that a poor person discards more the a not poor person ‌ than a poor person must discard more valueless objects that a not poor person this does not threaten the social order of things ‌ for the social order to be maintained there must be some measure of agreement as to what is valued.
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
people of different cultures may value things differently, but all cultures distinguish between valued and valueless.
this highlights three ranking of value: valued valueless negatively valued
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
in our culture objects are assigned two overt categories: transient and durable
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
transient decrease in value over time infinite life-span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
transient decrease in value over time infinite life-span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
transient decrease in value over time infinite life-span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable increase in value over time infinite (ideally) life span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable increase in value over time infinite (ideally) life span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable increase in value over time infinite (ideally) life span
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable + transient some objects are neither have zero value and is an unchanging value
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable + transient some objects are neither have zero value and is an unchanging value BUT this is relative in the social order or hierarchy.
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable + transient some objects are neither have zero value and is an unchanging value BUT this is relative in the social order or hierarchy. OR worse still, we can transfer it to the innocent.
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued conflict diamonds
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued conflict diamonds
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued e-waste (relative)
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
negatively valued to positively valued?
rubbish theory the creation and destruction of value
durable + transient relative to our view of the world In other words, qualities and values are conferred upon things by society itself. Self-perpetuating in that it is decidedly advantageous to own durable objects such that those with the power (mechanisms) to make things durable (traders+designers?) and to make things transient, too. Essentially, is sustainability as presented in several manifestos the concept of shfiting value from one sector to another. Value from profit in production to value in durability by those with the power to do so? Is this going to be possible esp with increasing new technologies and knowledge based commerce, what will remain? Will all physical things then slide from durable to transient to rubbish?
DONOTBEATREE
DONOTBEATREE
A thousand plateaus concept of multiplicity rhizome theory
A thousand plateaus concept of multiplicity rhizome theory
Make rhizomes, not roots, never plant! Don’t sow, grow offshoots! Don’t be one or multiples, be multiplicities! Run lines, never plot a point! Speed turns the point into a line! Be quick, even when standing still! Line of chance, Line of hips, line of flight. Don’t bring out the general in you! Don’t just have an idea. Make maps, not photos or drawings. Deleuze+Guattari
evidence
friday
Abstract + Annotated Bibliography
the annotated bibliography
+ why? + provides an overview of the key texts in a topic area + helps you narrow and refine your topic + helps you identify and develop your argument + helps you prepare for writing
+ how? + spend some time searching relevant databases + spend some time in the library—browse the shelves + google books, google scholar + JSTOR
mapping the territory
the annotated bibliography
+ choose broadly but wisely + multiple perspectives/methodologies are good + make sure the scope is relevant (don’t use ‘fillers’) + primary texts are good, out of date studies aren’t + if you find a great source – check for a bibliography + as your knowledge of the topic grows –refine
+ information gathering
+ scan the table of contents and the introduction + if it looks worthwhile, read a chapter or two
mapping the territory
the annotated bibliography
+ the annotation + browse through the full text + identify the author’s principle argument and methodology + look at book reviews (if a book) – very helpful
+ be concise but specific + give a brief summary of author’s principle argument + give a sense of where this text fits in the literature + illustrate how it is relevant to your study + 75 -150 words is ideal
mapping the territory
the annotated bibliography
+ example [an annotation]: Iversen, William. “Home Lighting.” Holiday (May, 1960): 177- 182. Holiday¸ a popular American magazine, published an article based on an interview with lighting designer Richard Kelly discussing the state of contemporary residential lighting design. Surprisingly, Iversen makes many of the same arguments as those in “Conditioned Lighting” in House and Garden from 1937—indicating a resistance in the popular market to the ideas being promoted by these popular home journals. The emphasis in this article however, is less on the emotive potential of artificial lighting design and more on the notion that lighting design is an essential aspect of the art of home decoration. Iversen writes, “We now approach an era in which home illumination is beginning to emerge as a major decorative art.” Furthermore he suggests that proper attention to the design of electric lighting can transform an ordinary apartment by creating “an atmosphere as scintillating as the candlelit courts and salons of eighteenth-century Europe.” He also reminds readers that they need not spend a fortune to create these effects, that there are numerous lighting options “available for every budget.” He concludes his overview with a reminder to his readers that it is indeed possible to “Live Better Electrically.”!
mapping the territory
the annotated bibliography
+ example [an annotation]: Benyus, Janine M. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York: Morrow, 1997. In Biomimicry Janine Benyus sets out the principle tenets of a design methodology rooted in the scientific study of nature. Benyus argues that the study of natural systems, infrastructures, and solutions offers designers models and strategies that can coexist harmoniously with nature, rather than dominating and exploiting it. In the first seven chapters, Benyus establishes the theoretical and ethical background for her argument, as well as a series of examples of biomimicry at work in science and design. In the final chapter, which addresses industrial ecology, Benyus outlines "ten lessons" that an ecologically aware company, culture, or economy should practice, and argues that in following these lessons we will establish a healthier, more symbiotic relationship with our natural environment.!
mapping the territory
the abstract
+ offers an original and compelling question + provides an introduction to your topic + provides a summary of the scope of your investigation + outlines the aims of your study // investigation
simplify [be specific]
+ example [an abstract]: Furniture, Feminism and the Feminine: Women Designers in Post-War Italy, 1945 to 1970! Catharine Rossi! Abstract! Women furniture designers played a key role in Italian post-war design, and yet their presence has been overlooked and their contribution under-acknowledged. This article is part of continuing research into the existence, experience and representation of women designers and architects in post-war Italy. It uses a feminist approach to focus on those women who engaged predominantly with furniture design in Milan from 1945 to the early 1970s. Furniture design was a marginal option for women in post-war Italy; its links with architecture and the wider sociocultural context are used to understand their minority status. Women designers employed strategies to overcome this gender marginality and these influenced both their experiences within the profession and the recognition they have received. From the trend of male-female partnership to those who either embraced or rejected female solidarity, these women designers demonstrate multiple and contradictory relationships with their own sex, the idea of the feminine and feminism. The use of female imagery by male designers in the 1960s and 1970s suggests that both the feminine and feminism were problematic as forms of expression for women furniture designers, pointing to the embryonic status of the women's movement at this time and its marginal impact on the profession.!
the abstract [+ thesis statement]
+ have a unique point of view + an argument is an opinion [not a fact] + collect evidence to convince your reader [images, objects, ideas, precedent]
simplify [be specific]
refining your argument [thesis statement]
+ e.g. an argument [thesis statement] “In this essay I will argue that in the latter 1930s streamlining was applied to a variety of objects to express a sense of speed and innovation, which often had more to do with a hopefulness about the future than actual design improvements.�
simplify [be specific]
refining your argument [thesis statement]
+ the breakdown › what+when: streamlining, 1930s › why: to express speed, innovation, and sense of the future › twist [argument/thesis]: not about design innovation, but optimism
simplify [be specific]
building a convincing argument
+ a convincing argument needs “proof� + readers expect to be convinced with MORE than opinions + the better your evidence, the better [and more interesting your paper] will be
simplify [be specific]
IX nine confinements
The Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso Group
ALTRUISTIC COLLECTIVE
INDECISION
* namecomingsoonmanifesto
ABSORBISM
ALCHEMY
doppleganger
GREEN EGGS + HAM
HYPEROPIC
GROW
Unity
survey results these have no bearing on your final grad.e From the less convinced to join to most convinced
altruistic collective complexity de(status)fy doppleganger IX - nine confinements the [ ] movement
alchemy * hyperopic indecision kairos
Absorbism Green Eggs + Ham Grow The Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso Group
Unity
Conspiracy theory Present ABTRACTS.. Uses images if required. Be persuasive