From: Mari (mld2001@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 23:24:05 GMT
Matt said:
I said this more recently:
"Recontextualization is the way in which we can lay bare differences and
than choose which context is of higher value. Recontextualization is a
fancy name for something as simple as 'an accountant recontextualizing the
figures on a corporate income tax return, provoked to do so by the thought
that a certain depreciable item might plausibly be listed on Schedule H
rather than on Schedule M.'" ("Inquiry as Recontextualization: An
Anti-Dualist Account of Interpretation")
Recontextualization is not about taking something out of its original
context, its about attempting to show that we had a limited understanding
of the original context. The original context of "equality" in Greece
during Plato's time only applied to citizens (who were only rich males).
Since that time, equality fighters have attempted to recontextualize
"equality" to show that the Greek's understanding of it was limited in some
sense.
Mari says: That works for me Matt. In a way it's like reframing a piece of art.
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