While nothing can be definite, everyday things such as politics, performing arts, social constructs, class, culture, etc., all have positive and negative interactions. Consequently there is no single, unifying bond between all the strands of our social fabric. The basis of their philosophy was that there is no such thing as a priori knowledge. Our existence depends not on prior knowledge but on a structure consisting of different signs. These signs do not necessarily bear any positive relation to each other - in fact it is their contradictions that makes knowledge possible.
History is made up of names, dates and facts.
It is the exact opposite of the Universities stated mission. Is the conservation of Maxwell Street to be a place for blues fans only or will it serve the community. Of course it will create some jobs but something of unique symbolism will be destroyed in so doing. Paradoxically, the sign can be saved only by destroying it as understood in our obfuscating tradition. Clearly, we are more and more likely to become strangers, living in a different context than the one in which we were born.