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  • Meaning only exists as experienced by someone particular in a specific situation in time and space. The meaning-making processes in these situations assume a configuration of previous experiences, and probably conventions, languages, agreements on symbols and metaphors, technologies and so on. “The work” doesn’t have any meaning outside of these situations (maybe it doesn’t even exist, depending on how you define it). The author normally has no control over these situations and thus cannot, practically speaking, determine any meaning. But probably there is neither a “the audience” that can “determine” anything. The audience likely consists of several elements that create meanings in different ways across space and time.

    Related issues: The author/creator/performer had an intention that they themselves get to decide. But this intention is not universally and necessarily the same as “the meaning of the work”.

    Practically speaking, the purpose of the audience is often to understand the intention of the author/creator.

    Discussions of authorial intent may be useful and interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorial_intent




  • Thanks for another great answer. I realise now that the comparison with Soviet wasn’t very thoughtful of me. I just wanted to imagine something that would have broken up the Nazi German hegemony from the inside.

    Another thought is that American products and culture probably are popular partly because they were winners in World War 2.




  • PS. If you have any question about either, happy to answer>

    Could you please say a few words about the situation for young people (say 15-25) in Pakistan? What are their dreams and aspirations? Main differences between socioeconomic groups of youth? Main conflicts and disagreements with older generations? View of the world?

    I fully realise that this is a huge and complex question and that it will be very difficult to generalise. Any response on these kinds of questions would be much appreciated though!



  • Yes you have to generate a grass cache and run TexGen and run Dyndolod all of which produce output based on your specific load order so it is something you would normally do when it is “finalised”. My problem is that as soon as I “finalise” a modlist I get a craving for Vanilla, maybe with just a few fixes, and maybe a lighting mod, and maybe…