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Objects and Materials

Author : Penelope Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415678803
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Objects and Materials written by Penelope Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is broad acceptance across the Humanities and Social Sciences that our deliberations on the social need to take place through attention to practice, to object-mediated relations, to non-human agency and to the affective dimensions of human sociality. This Companion focuses on the objects and materials found at centre stage, and asks: what matters about objects? Objects and Materials explores the field, providing succinct summary accounts of contemporary scholarship, along with a wealth of new research investigating the capacity of objects to shape, unsettle and exceed expectations. Original chapters from over forty international, interdisciplinary contributors address an array of objects and materials to ask what the terms of collaborations with objects and materials are, and to consider how these collaborations become integral to our understandings of the complex, relational dynamics that fashion social worlds. Objects and Materials will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, including in sociology, social theory, science and technology studies, history, anthropology, archaeology, gender studies, women's studies, geography, cultural studies, politics and international relations, and philosophy.

Exploring Materials

Author : Inna Alesina
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568987682
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Materials written by Inna Alesina and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an action-oriented, accessible guide to design thinking that addresses both the how and why of product design. It encourages designers to look beyond the abstraction of pure forms or the whimsy of virtual objects, and instead to make and test real objects in a studio environment.-back cover.

Objects and Materials

Author : Penny Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317577736
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Objects and Materials written by Penny Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is broad acceptance across the Humanities and Social Sciences that our deliberations on the social need to take place through attention to practice, to object-mediated relations, to non-human agency and to the affective dimensions of human sociality. This Companion focuses on the objects and materials found at centre stage, and asks: what matters about objects? Objects and Materials explores the field, providing succinct summary accounts of contemporary scholarship, along with a wealth of new research investigating the capacity of objects to shape, unsettle and exceed expectations. Original chapters from over forty international, interdisciplinary contributors address an array of objects and materials to ask what the terms of collaborations with objects and materials are, and to consider how these collaborations become integral to our understandings of the complex, relational dynamics that fashion social worlds. Objects and Materials will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, including in sociology, social theory, science and technology studies, history, anthropology, archaeology, gender studies, women’s studies, geography, cultural studies, politics and international relations, and philosophy.

The Material Subject

Author : Urmila Mohan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000185400
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Material Subject written by Urmila Mohan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Material Subject emphasises how bodily and material cultures combine to make and transform subjects dynamically. The book is based on the French Matière à Penser (MaP) school of thought, which draws upon the ideas of Mauss, Schilder, Foucault and Bourdieu, among others, to enhance the anthropological study of embodiment, practices, techniques, materiality and power. Through theoretical sophistication and empirical field research, case studies from Europe, Africa and Asia bring MaP’s ideas into dialogue with other strands of material culture studies in the English-speaking world. These studies mediate different scales of engagement through a sensori-motor, affective and cognitive focus on practices of making and doing. Examples range from the precarity of professional divers in French public works to the gendered subjectivity of female carpet weavers in Morocco, from the ways Swiss watchmakers transmit craft knowledge to how Hindu devotees in India make efficacious use of altars, and from the enskilment of Paiwan indigenous people in Taiwan to the prestige of women’s wild silk wrappers in Burkina Faso. The chapters are organised according to domains of practice, defined as 'matter of' work and technology, heritage, politics, religion and knowledge. Scholars and students with an interest in material culture will gain valuable access to global research, rooted in a specific intellectual tradition.

Early Printed Books as Material Objects

Author : International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110253240
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Early Printed Books as Material Objects written by International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this volume discuss descriptive methods and present conclusions relevant for the history of the book production and reception. Books printed in Europe in the 15th and 16th century still had much in common with manuscripts. They are not mere textual sources, but also material objects whose physical make-up and individual features need to be taken into account in library projects for cataloguing and digitization.

Fewer, Better Things

Author : Glenn Adamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632869640
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Fewer, Better Things written by Glenn Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development for thousands of years. The objects are still here, but we seem to care less and know less about them. In his presentations to groups, he often asks an audience member what he or she knows about the chair the person is sitting in. Few people know much more than whether it's made of wood, plastic, or metal. If we know little about how things are made, it's hard to remain connected to the world around us. Fewer, Better Things explores the history of craft in its many forms, explaining how raw materials, tools, design, and technique come together to produce beauty and utility in handmade or manufactured items. Whether describing the implements used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the use of woodworking tools, or the use of new fabrication technologies, Adamson writes expertly and lovingly about the aesthetics of objects, and the care and attention that goes into producing them. Reading this wise and elegant book is a truly transformative experience.

Material Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology

Author : Nancy Odegaard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904982098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Material Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology written by Nancy Odegaard and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Material characterization tests for objects of art and archaeology is not confined to museum professionals. It serves as an excellent and essential companion for conservators of outdoor sculpture, monuments, and buildings. The tests are applicable to a wide range of object classes including metal, textile, leather, paper, plastics and architectural materials. In addition to presenting the detailed methodology for carrying out each tests, the authors have evaluated the effectiveness of each test in order to assist the reader in selecting the most applicable test and interpreting the results.

Sensitive Objects

Author : Jonas Frykman
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 918816862X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Sensitive Objects written by Jonas Frykman and published by Nordic Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some objects seem especially personal and important to us - be it a quickly packed suitcase, an inherited vase, or a photograph. In Sensitive Objects the authors discuss when, how, and why particular objects appear as 'sensitive'. They do so by analyzing the objects' affective charging in the context of historically embedded practices. Sensitive Objects is a contribution to the upcoming field of 'affect research' that has so far been dominated by psychology and cultural studies, and the authors examine the potential for epistemic gain by connecting the studies of affect with the studies of material culture. The contributors, predominantly ethnologists and anthropologists, use fieldwork to examine how people project affects onto material objects and explore how objects embody or trigger affects and produce affective atmospheres.

Objects of War

Author : Leora Auslander
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720090
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Objects of War written by Leora Auslander and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, Objects of War, illuminates the ways in which people have used things to grapple with the social, cultural, and psychological upheavals wrought by war and forced displacement.― Utah Public Radio Historians have become increasingly interested in material culture as both a category of analysis and as a teaching tool. And yet the profession tends to be suspicious of things; words are its stock-in-trade. What new insights can historians gain about the past by thinking about things? A central object (and consequence) of modern warfare is the radical destruction and transformation of the material world. And yet we know little about the role of material culture in the history of war and forced displacement: objects carried in flight; objects stolen on battlefields; objects expropriated, reappropriated, and remembered. Objects of War illuminates the ways in which people have used things to grapple with the social, cultural, and psychological upheavals wrought by war and forced displacement. Chapters consider theft and pillaging as strategies of conquest; soldiers' relationships with their weapons; and the use of clothing and domestic goods by prisoners of war, extermination camp inmates, freed people, and refugees to make claims and to create a kind of normalcy. While studies of migration and material culture have proliferated in recent years, as have histories of the Napoleonic, colonial, World Wars, and postcolonial wars, few have focused on the movement of people and things in times of war across two centuries. This focus, in combination with a broad temporal canvas, serves historians and others well as they seek to push beyond the written word. Contributors: Noah Benninga, Sandra H. Dudley, Bonnie Effros, Cathleen M. Giustino, Alice Goff, Gerdien Jonker, Aubrey Pomerance, Iris Rachamimov, Brandon M. Schechter, Jeffrey Wallen, and Sarah Jones Weicksel

Objects, Bodies and Work Practice

Author : Dennis Day
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788924541
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Objects, Bodies and Work Practice written by Dennis Day and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role do material objects play in the in-situ, embodied and spatial circumstances of interaction? How do people organize their embodied conduct with regard to such objects, and how is this consequential in and for their work practices? In this volume, contributors focus on these questions in terms of connections between ongoing courses of interaction within work practices, object materiality and mobility in space, bodily movement and manipulation of objects, and language. The chapters in this book address a broad range of settings and actions (including dressmaking, foreign language teaching, international business meetings and forklift driving) where a variety of objects become relevant.

Materials and Design

Author : Michael F. Ashby
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 1856174972
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Materials and Design written by Michael F. Ashby and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2010 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materials are the stuff of design. From the very beginning of human history, materials have been taken from the natural world and shaped, modified, and adapted for everything from primitive tools to modern electronics. This renowned book by noted materials engineering author Mike Ashby and Industrial designer, Kara Johnson, explores the role of materials and materials processing in product design, with a particular emphasis on creating both desired aesthetics and functionality. The new edition will feature even more of the highly useful "materials profiles," that give critical design, processing, performance and applications criteria for each material in question. The reader will find information ranging from the generic and commercial names of each material, its physical and mechanical properties, its chemical properties, its common uses, how it is typically made and processed, and even its average price. And with improved photographs and drawings, the reader will be taken even more closely to the way real design is done by real designers, selecting the optimum materials for a successful product. * The best guide ever published on the on the role of materials, past and present, in product development, by noted materials authority Mike Ashby and professional designer Kara Johnson--now with even better photos and drawings on the Design Process * Significant new section on the use of re-cycled materials in products, and the importance of sustainable design for manufactured goods and services * Enhanced materials profiles, with addition of new materials types like nanomaterials, advanced plastics and bio-based materials

Object-Based Learning and Well-Being

Author : Thomas Kador
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429759274
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Object-Based Learning and Well-Being written by Thomas Kador and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object-Based Learning and Well-Being provides the first explicit analysis of the combined learning and well-being benefits of working with material culture and curated collections. Following on from the widely acclaimed Engaging the Senses, this volume explicitly explores the connection between the value of material culture for both learning and well-being. Bringing together experts and practitioners from eight countries on four continents, the book analyses the significance of curated collections for structured cultural interventions that may bring both educational and well-being benefits. Topics covered include the role of material culture in relation to mental health; sensory impairments; and general student and teacher well-being. Contributors also consider how collections can be employed to positively address questions of identity and belonging relating to marginalisation, colonialism and forced displacement. Object-Based Learning and Well-Being should be a key first point of reference for academics and students who are engaged in the study of object-based learning, museums, heritage, health and well-being. The book will be of particular interest to practitioners working in higher education, or those working in the cultural, heritage, museums and health sectors.

Objects

Author : Chris Caple
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134403097
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Objects written by Chris Caple and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable field textbook, Objects examines detailed case studies to provide a brilliantly clear and comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic, and technical) which can and have been used to study ancient artefacts. From the Bayeux Tapestry to small medieval brass pins, medieval wooden doors to Saxon jewellery, Chris Caple’s integral text deals with a full range of materials and clearly and simply explains key scientific techniques, technology, anthropological jargon and historical approaches. Key demonstrations include: how information from objects builds into a picture of the ancient society that made and used it the commonly used scientific techniques for object analysis how and why object typologies work how cultural and economic factors as well as the material properties influences what objects are made of how simple observation of an object can build its biography. Revealing answers to crucial questions – such as: Can DNA be obtained from objects? Why do people x-ray ancient artefacts? Can you determine the source of metal objects from their trace elements? – Objects is an absolutely essential text for students of archaeology, museum studies, and conservation.

What Objects Mean

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315415844
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book What Objects Mean written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects. In this broadly interdisciplinary text, Berger takes the reader through half a dozen theoretical models that are commonly used to analyze objects. He then describes and analyzes eleven objects, many of them new to this edition—including smartphones, Facebook, hair dye, and the American flag—showing how they demonstrate concepts like globalization, identity, and nationalism. The book includes a series of exercises that allow students to analyse objects in their own environment. Brief and inexpensive, this introductory guide will be used in courses ranging from anthropology to art history, pop culture to psychology.

Plasma Technology in the Preservation and Cleaning of Cultural Heritage Objects

Author : Radko Tiňo
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000342158
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Plasma Technology in the Preservation and Cleaning of Cultural Heritage Objects written by Radko Tiňo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a thorough overview of the cleaning potential of emerging plasma technologies in accessible language for professional restorers and conservators without a scientific background Includes the latest case studies from the field, which have not been published elsewhere yet Authored by a team of experts in the field

Jewelry & Accessories from Everyday Objects

Author : Tair Parnes
Publisher : Creative Publishing International
ISBN 13 : 9781589233270
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Jewelry & Accessories from Everyday Objects written by Tair Parnes and published by Creative Publishing International. This book was released on 2007 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Step-by-step instructions and photos for turning a variety of found objects into unique necklaces, rings, earrings, brooches, accessories"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

Author : Pamela Sachant
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning written by Pamela Sachant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics