After yesterday’s class, I wasn’t happy with the way I tried to explain my point about culture and context. First I want to bring up this quote from the text again: “Understanding a people’s culture exposes their normalness without reducing their particularity.” (Geertz, 14 I think this is a great definition for culture but it also exposes a little bit more about context. What I mean by that is that the more you study a subject, the more details you notice and the more normal they become while still being unique at the same time. It is also about understanding the subject’s point of view which also impact that context. This is also why I want to relate it to the Wink example. The more you look and study a wink, the more you details you start noticing which directly affects the context and meaning of that wink. 

If we were to rewatch the video of Kyle Rittenhouse, we would be able to point out some information we missed and based on those, we could change our interpretation of the whole situation (like President Trump did). What I am also starting to realize, and I agree with Ailee’s previous post, is that context doesn’t really matter. What I am trying to figure out is that context doesn’t matter because there is always a way to interpret context in a different way and that maybe the real challenge is considering all possibilities while staying unbiased. These are just my thoughts that I am happy to hear what you guys think (agree or disagree and even neutral)