Pastiche : this is an artistic work or style which is similar to the work of another time period or artist in which they may have drawn inspiration.
Bricolage : this is where a traditional object or language is given a new and subversive meaning and context.
Intertextuality : could be said to be ther relationship between different texts and refers to a skill of reading betweeen the lines and coming to different analytical conclusions because of the different sides of the texts.
Implosion : happens when an organisation or a system suddenly fails and collapses.
Cultural appropriation : is the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of customs, ideologies and practises of a more typically more dominant society. Cultural appropriation is also called misappropriation.
Hyperreality: in semiotics and postmodernism, is an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality, especially in technologically advanced postmodern societies.
Reflexivity: refers to circular relationships between cause and effect, especially as embedded in human belief structures.
