The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
LÉVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE
1908–2009
Bricolage (The Method of Appropriation)
Lévi-Strauss: the bricoleur works with the materials at hand, repurposing whatever the closed system makes available. CoCA's First Liturgy (§1.3.3) is bricolage canonized. The Nike swoosh is not designed by us; it is found in the system, repurposed for the apse. The financial term is not invented by us; it is found in the spreadsheet, repurposed for the Lexicon. The Church is built of bricolage. The bricoleur is the priest.