a literary approach Ð reading into the work
(author, genre, style, character, motivation
plot É)
anthropology and cultural location
historical and social context
intellectual context (eg philosophy, conceptions of what
it is to be human É)
archaeology and a sensitivity to materiality
a comparative perspective Ð
not (necessarily) the assertion of identity
but frictions generating insight
and one that uses the work as a resource in exploring the
cultural imaginary
- where does the work take us?