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https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/publication/ornament-the-politics-of-architecture-and-subjectivity/

The proliferation of developments in design software has enabled architects to experiment afresh with texture, colour, pattern and topology.

Though inextricably linked with digital tools and culture, Antoine Picon argues that some significant traits in ornament persist from earlier Western architectural traditions. These he defines as the ‘subjective’ – the human interaction that ornament requires in both its production and its reception – and the political. Contrary to the message conveyed by the founding fathers of modern architecture, traditional ornament was not meant only for pleasure. It conveyed vital information about the destination of buildings as well as about the rank of their owners. As such, it participated in the expression of social values, hierarchies and order. By bringing previous traditions in ornament under scrutiny, Picon makes us question the political issues at stake in today’s ornamental revival. What does it tell us about present day culture? Why are we presently so fearful of meaning in architecture? Could it be that by steering so vehemently away from symbolism, contemporary architecture is evading any explicit contribution to collective values?

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For Roland Barthes, a mythologist is

someone who analyzes how myths, which are narratives that naturalize power structures and cultural values, function in society, revealing their underlying ideologies and how they shape our understanding of the world

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Here's a more detailed explanation of Barthes's concept of the mythologist:

• **Identifying and Analyzing Myths:**Barthes believed that myths are all around us, embedded in everyday culture, and that a mythologist's role is to identify them, analyze their components (form and concept), and expose their workings.

• **Naturalization of Power:**Barthes argued that myths help to naturalize particular worldviews and cultural values, making them seem inevitable and unquestionable.

• **Deconstructing Myths:**A mythologist, in Barthes's view, deconstructs these myths by examining how they distort the original meaning of signs and concepts, and how they serve to reinforce existing power structures.

• Focus on Semiotics:

  Barthes's work is rooted in semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, and he used semiotic methods to analyze how myths function in society.

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