Open AccessFix og færdig
Author(s) -
Jens Myrup Pedersen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
kulturstudier
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1904-5352
DOI - 10.7146/ks.v3i2.7641
Subject(s) - objectification , semiotics , miller , object (grammar) , sociology , art , aesthetics , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , ecology , biology
Fix & Finish “WHO CAN FIX IT?” is an investigation of the needles left behind by drug users in Copenhagen’s Vesterbro district. Based on the praxiological methods developed by Annemarie Mol as well as processes of objectification as described by Daniel Miller, the used needle appears to be a multiple object that is related to opportunities, fear, good intentions and trash. This article is an invitation to study material culture and material practices as a part of semiotic and discursive analyses in order to sharpen a researcher’s analytical focus while remaining grounded in reality