Week 12: March 28, 2005

Topic: Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, and Language

Key Questions:
How does structuralist and post-structuralist theory come to define the role of language and communication among humans?
How does the focus on either patterns of language or language in isolation affect how one represents messages?

Readings:

Barnard, Alan.      2000. History and Theory in Anthropology. Cambridge University Press: New York, New York.
Chapter 5: pp. 61-79

Hellner, Steven.   2004. Design Literacy, 2nd edition. Allworth Press: New York, NY.
Chapter "Type": pp. 151-189

Assignments Due:

Concept Journal iteration #7 (2 pages)

What is the relationship between your concept and the examples (select two and three examples) in Heller's book that operate from a structualist paradigm?