Briankle Chang

Chang, Briankle (1996) Deconstructing Communication. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.


He is stating that memory hides things and keeps things hidden when it goes dormant. This correlates to the compiling of information for the NEP.

“The outside remains, for it remains outside. Remaining outside, that is, exterior to or ahead of, any recognized and recognizable sphere of presence, it gives what is therefore not seen.”

“Time does not pass away; it compresses. Through this compression, each moment in time sinks into what comes after in the temporal flow, becoming a trace, a trace of its own trace.”

This section makes a lot of sense in its connection to the article. That article is all about the ability to recall and pass on memories that repeat in similar events.

I plan on taking this text and developing it into a argument about whether memories can lose important details. It will effectively support my arguments made in my paper.

It connects with all of my sources so far due to the arguments of trying to explain the difficulties encountered in globalizing knowledge. If written correctly, I will connect it to my arguments about complexity and translation.