Talk:Bricolage

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[edit] Definition

I don't agree with the opening definition "A bricoleur is a person who creates things from scratch" since this is contradicted by the rest of the article. I have changed it to "A bricoleur is a person who creates things from existing materials".--RichardVeryard 17:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Structure

I have grouped some of the topics together, which I think should improve readability.--RichardVeryard 17:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I have moved the recently-added section on Sherry Turkle from the Science section to the Information Technology section, since Turkle's usage seems to be a continuation/development of Ciborra's usage. --RichardVeryard 12:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biologists

I have added a link to an article by PZ Myers. I am aware that there is some discussion on Myers' notability for Wikipedia purposes. I have no opinion on this, but the article seems like a useful source for a discussion of bricolage in biology. --RichardVeryard 23:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lévi-Strauss

Someone has just deleted the following assertion without explanation: "The term was coined by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss." This assertion had been there since November 18th 2005. If if wasn't Lévi-Strauss, then who was it? Can we have a reference either way please? --RichardVeryard 23:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Sleeve artwork for the Amon Tobin album of the same name does attribute a quote about Bricolage to Strauss, but it's not in the current article. Can't find it in the history either. Blendage 14:41, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
A quick internet search for Levi-Strauss and bricolage produces loads of material, including some quotes from Levi-Strauss about bricolage. [1] [2] [3]. See also this article by Derrida on Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences --RichardVeryard 10:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Who gives a rat's arse about Amon Tobin? Levi-Strauss is the most obvious originator for this term as we now konw it. Read 'The Savage Mind'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.128.27 (talk) 15:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Is "Bricolur" correct spelling? That's how it was spelled in Marathon (see the Computer Game addition) but I didn't see this spelling anywhere else.

Actually, according to Bungie's website wherein they have the screens from the game they show the spelling as "bricoleur." [4] The screen is about 3/4 down the page. Msr iaidoka 09:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Four things:
  • That isn't one of Bungie's websites (bungie.com or bungie.net), that's bungie.org, the most popular Bungie fansites on the net to be sure, but not ACTUALLY part of Bungie.
  • It isn't a screenshot, it's a carefully coded reproduction of the games' original terminal system in HTML.
  • French Wiktionary says that bricoler is the verb, bricoleur the nown
  • I noticed that the Marathon reference is the seventh one, perfect touch.
The tru7h is out there, man, and it's gonna get you! 76.126.134.152 (talk) 02:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Bricloler is the verb, bricoleur is the noun.