bricolage
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- noun
- /ˌbrɪkəˈlɑːʒ/
- Specialized
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bricolaje
- In this (re)assessment, the author examines some of the dilemmas that such bricolage raised for him as an ethnographer.
- a kind of bricolage
- cultural bricolage
Examples
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Bricolage implies a kind of pragmatism, making do with available materials, bits-and-pieces problem-solving.
Academic text (1995) -
Fresh insights came from listening to these elders and medicine persons as they exercised the function of bricolage, to use Levi-Strauss's felicitous expression.
Academic text (2007) -
What seems to emerge here is a sort of bricolage using past cultural forms as symbolic material.
Academic text (1995) -
At the heart of this bricolage is "an interest in life experiences as narrated by those who live them."
Academic text (2013) -
Instead, he finds the ensuing bricolage strangely comforting.
Academic text (2016) -
29 texts may also literally be a bricolage or montage, i.e., composed of a mixture of not-necessarily-related cultural texts to form a new text.
Academic text (1996) -
Therefore, it is possible that the kind of cultural bricolage with which Gaga is experimenting may ultimately open new and enduring terrains of theatricality in pop culture.
Academic text (2013) -
The artist created a stunning piece of art through bricolage, combining discarded materials and vivid colors.
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His backyard project was a true bricolage, using old furniture and recycled wood to build a unique garden shed.
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The film's bricolage of various clips from childhood memories gives it a nostalgic feel.
Synonyms
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A collection of different things, such as photos and stories, put together
How Improvised
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bricolage comes from the French verb bricoler, which means 'to do small jobs' or 'to tinker'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'DIY' or 'craft'—making something new from spare parts and odd materials—so bricolage today means creating or building with whatever you have at hand.