Inspired by Clifford Geertz (an Anthropologist) and his “webs of significance,” I resolved to construct my own “webs” between the office of the Folk Studies and Anthropology Department and FAC 239, the “Anthropology classroom.”
These “webs of significance” hanging from the ceiling might tell you about the “webs” all around us, the meaning society creates, and that which we create ourselves. You might even think of the randomness of life, the interconnectedness of it all, with all of life’s bright and beautiful diversity, acknowledging the beauty of tying everything together. All in all, we are human beings negotiating the webs of significance around us every day, creating and adding our own, on a continual search for meaning, leaving webs still to be woven.
Webs of Significance
ReplyDeleteInspired by Clifford Geertz (an Anthropologist) and his “webs of significance,” I resolved to construct my own “webs” between the office of the Folk Studies and Anthropology Department and FAC 239, the “Anthropology classroom.”
These “webs of significance” hanging from the ceiling might tell you about the “webs” all around us, the meaning society creates, and that which we create ourselves. You might even think of the randomness of life, the interconnectedness of it all, with all of life’s bright and beautiful diversity, acknowledging the beauty of tying everything together. All in all, we are human beings negotiating the webs of significance around us every day, creating and adding our own, on a continual search for meaning, leaving webs still to be woven.