In:
Diogenes, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 37, No. 147 ( 1989-09), p. 1-22
Abstract:
For thousands of years communication has functioned principally by means of linguistic and iconic messages. In the first case linguistic symbols serve as intermediaries; in the second, images or, more broadly, representations. In order to be transmitted, linguistic and/or iconic symbols need to be re -produced, re -presented, vocally, through writing, painting, sculpture or any other means of re -production. But re-production requires a space that, through use of an appropriate material, serves as its medium; forms to occupy it; rules to control it, and a certain stability. In other words representation is impossible without a certain fixity of the message that alone can ensure its duration, whether short or long being unimportant, but which it needs precisely in order to function as a message.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0392-1921
,
1467-7695
DOI:
10.1177/039219218903714701
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1989
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2005283-2
SSG:
5,1
