Bricolage

Bricolage [ brikɔlaʒ ] means literally translated from French tinkering or Heimwerkerei. In the figurative sense of the word, it may be provisionally for " tinkering " within the meaning of and is also in some German-speaking areas ( the area near the French are or are bilingual ) used.

Bricolage (sometimes called sampling ) referred to in the youth culture, the art, to make objects in a new context that does not match the original normative - clothing, symbols and emblems artificially put together. In this case, the original meaning can be altered or even eliminated.

Examples of bricolage are the use of safety pins as earrings or swastikas provocation, without wanting to express Nazi sentiments in punk. The massive gold chains with which hip-hop artist to illustrate their social advancement, are a form of bricolage.

This term use of bricolage goes back to the anthropologist Claude Lévi- Strauss, ( " take and link, what is there " ) and introduced this concept as introduced in the Social Sciences in 1962 his concept of the 'wild thinking. " For him Bricolage is not predefined reorganization of immediately available characters and events to new structures.

There is also a content management system called Bricolage, which also refers to the concept of Claude Lévi -Strauss in his FAQ.

Linguistics

In linguistics, the term used as a principle in the communication input. He is a hallmark primarily the young languages ​​, meaning there (! ): " The playful tinkering with different speaking styles. " ( Schlobinski, cabbage, Ludewigt 1993). This link in particular young people, especially when they are with each other in a closer relationship are ( peer group ), different speaking styles. They draw on different cultural resources back (movies, series, commercials, music, sports and much more. ) And bring this change in communication is a ( distorted Citation ).