Tropes

trope |trəʊp| noun a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. both clothes and illness became tropes for new attitudes toward the self. my sense that philosophy has become barren is a recurrent trope of modern philosophy. perhaps it is a mistake to use tropes and parallels in this eminently unpoetic age. • a significant or recurrent theme; a motif: she uses the Eucharist as a pictorial trope. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek tropos ‘turn, way, trope’, from trepein ‘to turn’

as opposed to memes: meme |miːm| noun 1 an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means. 2 an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations. DERIVATIVES memetic adjective ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek mimēma ‘that which is imitated’, on the pattern of gene.

Common misunderstands in abuse

• confusion of tropes and memes, when people are talking about memes are really talking about tropes and the distinction is important.

Overview of the framework and a broad description of its use

Framework

English text with a description and a picture, this section can be subdivided as necessary With major methods parts of this section may link to other articles which describe aspects in more detail

a trope is an assemblage is a strange attractor.

Supporting artefacts

Any training material, posters and like with links to where they can be acquired

References

Link to other articles on this wiki if they are relevant.

Articles

Specific articles can be referenced here

Blog posts

https://www.cognitive-edge.com/think-trope-not-meme/

Related concepts

Link with commentary

Cases

Link to case articles here or third party material