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Elusive Archives: Material Culture in Formation (Material Culture Perspectives)
by Oliver Scheiding • Wendy Bellion • Bernard L. Herman • Julian Yates • Sarah Wasserman • Alexander Lawrence Ames • Torsten Cress • Julie L. McGee • Cindy Ott • Laura E. Helton • Jennifer Van Horn • Kiersten Thamm • Alexandra Ward • Halina Adams • Rosalie Hooper • Spencer Wigmore • Catherine Morrissey • Michelle Everidge • Kaila T. Schedeen • Lu Ann Cunzo • Natalie Elizabeth Wright • J. Ritchie Garrison • Jesse Kraft • Michael J. Emmons • Jessica ConradThe essays that comprise Elusive Archives raise a common question: how do we study material culture when the objects of study are transient, evanescent, dispersed or subjective? Such things resist the taxonomic protocols that institutions, such as museums and archives, rely on to channel their acqui... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies (Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology)
Material culture studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the relationships between people and their things: the production, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects. It draws on theory and practice from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, such as anthropology, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022