Thursday, 18 June 2015

Key Definitions

Bricolage is a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.

Pastiche is a literary, musical or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.

Aesthetics is the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place.

Relativism is a theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature of the mind and the conditions of knowing.

Intent is something that is intended; purpose; design; intention.

PM- Anti - Global Cultural Narrative is a piece of literature or poem that explored some sense of cultural identity. For instance, if it was by an African author and was exploring some aspect of African society, from an African perspective, then this would qualify as cultural narrative.

PM- Anti - Ultimate Principles

Moderns Believe - Science, Religion, Philosophy - Progress can be made and there are universal truths.

Monday, 15 June 2015

Friday, 12 June 2015

Post-Modernism

Post Modernism: A late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.

Modernism: Philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in western society

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