Social Fiction - Eden and Willon, March 2021.

Social Fictions -

Objectivity has its place in the world. Its utility for civil policies, science and economics is clear as we must be able to make collective decisions in order to produce certain outcomes.

When thinking of, or talking about perceptions and meaning-making, objectivity becomes problematic. Perception is idiosyncratic and meaning is a social activity of co-definition, neither are fixed, and both are subject to continued interpretation and contest. Both perception and meaning making are subjective.

The objects on display are positioned between our perception and ability to make meaning. They are inconclusive, defy definition and indeed, attest to no truth about the world; they are, in this sense, fictional.