structure, sign and play

Alright, now i'm starting to get this. After todays lecture i have a better understanding of the material. I think it would be best to start with the idea of the "center". What it does or stands for is something within the text as well as on the outside. It gives meaning to the material without being the material, it controls it from the outside but relates to the inside. It seems pretty abstract but it makes sense if you think about it.

The Nature/culture idea helps to explain it. With nature it is cross cultural, worldwide. But in culture it's inherint within that culture and doesn't nessecarily go along with other cultures. It follows the idea of Hegemony which is basically another word for culture.

As we move forward and get into the idea of play it gets a little more confusing. Play is just disrupting presence which is the stability of the center. So by disrupting the center you are finding meaning?

I think Bricologe is interesting, it still uses the idea of nature/culture but doesn't credit it as being philosophical. Levi strauss says it's unstable making it less credible. And finally supplement, I know what one is but i don't know what it does in the way we use it. If it insures presence then why does Levi strauss use center as a lost presence? I'm a little confused when it comes to this idea.