ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 presented an introduction to the ideas of
culture and structure. Here in Chapter 2, we develop
these discussions in relation to key debates and theories
on communication and representation.
Communication is the process of making meaning.
It is how one individual (or a word, object, sign, gesture
or similar) conveys meaning to another individual – be
that meaning intentional or not. Significantly, this
process of communication also involves representation (p. 43), in that meaning is represented through objects
or actions. For example, certain letters written on a
