Bricolage

  1. "Construction using whatever was available at the time.

  2. Something constructed using whatever was available at the time. " (Wiktionary, 2006).

The term is used in Knowledge Organization by Ørom (2003) in the meaning that a classification system may be constructed on the basis of different theoretical elements, which are mutually conflicting.

 

 

 

Literature:

 

Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2006). Bricolage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricolage

 

Wiktionary. (2006). Bricolage. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bricolage

 

Ørom, A. (2003). Knowledge Organization in the domain of Art Studies - History, Transition and Conceptual Changes. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 128-143.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 06-03-2006

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