Grounded in case studies from individual objects and collections from North America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific Islands and Australia, this volume provides a new theoretical framework for examining material culture within museums.
"This volume emphasizes the role of bodily and material culture in making subjects, with a focus on empirical field research and theoretical sophistication. In particular, the work is situated in the anthropological study of techniques, materiality and power via the ideas of the…
"This volume emphasizes the role of bodily and material culture in making subjects, with a focus on empirical field research and theoretical sophistication. In particular, the work is situated in the anthropological study of techniques, materiality and power via the ideas of the…
"This volume emphasizes the role of bodily and material culture in making subjects, with a focus on empirical field research and theoretical sophistication. In particular, the work is situated in the anthropological study of techniques, materiality and power via the ideas of the…
"This volume emphasizes the role of bodily and material culture in making subjects, with a focus on empirical field research and theoretical sophistication. In particular, the work is situated in the anthropological study of techniques, materiality and power via the ideas of the…
Introduction: Historians, material culture and materiality / Karen Harvey -- Things that shape history : material culture and historical narratives / Giorgio Riello -- Ornament as evidence / Andrew Morrall -- Back yards and beyond : landscapes and history / Marina Moskowitz -- D…
Ce volume comprend une conversation organisée entre les membres de la section Culture matérielle de l'Anthropologie de l'UCL. En faisant le point sur la situation dans ce domaine, il remet en question la façon dont l'anthropologie de la culture matérielle est faite et plaide pou…