Work
The Interpretation of Cultures
Explore in the Atlas →'Thick description' approach to understanding the layered symbolic meaning embedded in ritual practices and their sites.
Ritual
Details
- Type
- Text
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- articulates Thick Description
Referenced by
- Clifford Geertz authored
Sources
- Clifford Geertz. The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. Basic Books, 1973.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Interpretation of Cultures." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/the-interpretation-of-cultures/. Accessed July 17, 2026.