Abstract
Based on the original of The Treachery of Images–1928–29, a painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. The statement written above is French and is taken to mean that the painting itself is not a pipe; it is merely an image of a pipe. Hence, the description, “this is not a pipe.” The painting is sometimes given as an example of meta message conveyed by paralanguage. Compare with Korzybski’s “The word is not the thing” and “The map is not the territory”. In the same way neither the phone, nor the rosary beads are strictly tied to their image. They might be another thing.
Presenters
Nima MoinpourFounder/Researcher, Silicon Valley/Technology Studies, OrientationSJ.com, California, United States
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Theme
Religious Community and Socialization
KEYWORDS
IPHONE, LITURGY, DIGITAL ROSARY, HAZARD PRECAUTION REPERTOIRE, PASCAL BOYER
