Recontextualizing
Recontextualizing is the process of taking content, ideas, artifacts, or discourse from one context and presenting them within a different context, often altering meaning, function, or interpretation in the process. It is used across disciplines to analyze how meaning shifts when something is relocated, framed differently, or subjected to new purposes.
In linguistics and discourse studies, recontextualization describes how speech and text move between social fields or
In sociology of education, particularly within Basil Bernstein’s theoretical framework, recontextualization refers to how knowledge is
In media, cultural studies, and art, recontextualization often involves remix, sampling, or quotation—taking elements from one
Overall, recontextualizing is a key mechanism by which meaning is produced and contested as materials move