Week4

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Messaging

Interpretant, sign, object
Sender & interpretant -> shared cultural framework

Helmut Wobst: when symbols are more beneficial than other communication (verbal)

Virtual stranger from same culture
Other cases do not apply (family, friends, strangers from other cultures)

Symbols evolve for

Ownership (competition, personal, trade…)
Social rank (egalitarian -> hierarchical, earned or inherited social status)
Group affiliation (belong to some group)

Private symbol

Personal viewing
Sentimental reasons
Memento, souvenir, heirloom

Body modifications to express messages

Art

Abstract art
Figurative art
Or
Parietal art
Portable art
Or
Utilitarian
Non-utilitarian

Ochre

Meaning requires interpretation
Not necessarily symbolic