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?