Sensible Objects (inbunden)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2006-07-01
Upplaga
English ed
Förlag
Berg Publishers
Medarbetare
Gosden, Chris (ed.), Phillips, Ruth (ed.), Edwards, Elizabeth (ed.)
Illustratör/Fotograf
40 illustrations
Illustrationer
40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensioner
235 x 156 x 15 mm
Vikt
480 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
449:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Matte Lam
ISSN
1475-536X
ISBN
9781845203245

Sensible Objects

Colonialism, Museums and Material Culture

Häftad,  Engelska, 2006-07-01
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Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings in both colonial and postcolonial relationships. It challenges the privileged position of the sense of vision in the analysis of material culture. Contributors argue that vision can only be understood in relation to the other senses. In this they present another challenge to the assumed western five-sense model, and show how our understanding of material culture in both historical and contemporary contexts might be reconfigured if we consider the role of smell, taste, touch and sound, as well as sight, in making meanings about objects.
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'The volume ought to be considered as a starting-point from which to explore further the anthropolgy of the senses.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol 14, No 2, June 2008 An important, brave and engaging work amply suitable of stimulating further research in the study of the senses. Senses & Society Sensible Objects is successful on a number of levels. It comprises a thought-provoking and enjoyable group of essays that... encourage the reader to consider and question using additional combinations of sound, smell, touch, and taste. -- Emma Martin, World Museum, Liverpool, UK Journal of Museum Ethnography

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Elizabeth Edwards is Professor and Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London. Chris Gosden is at The Pitt Rivers Museum Research Centre, Oxford.Ruth Phillips is at the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Carleton University, Canada.

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Introduction1. The Senses* Enduring and Endearing Feelings and the Transformation of Material Culture in West Africa Kathryn Geurts (Hamline University) with Elvis Gershon Adikah (Hamline University)* Studio Photography and the aesthetics of Citizenship in The Gambia, West AfricaLiam Buckley (John Madison University)* Cooking skill, the senses and memory: the fate of practical knowledgeDavid Sutton (Southern Illinois University)2. Colonialism* Mata Ora: Chiselling the Living Face, Dimensions of Maori Tattoo.Ngahuia Te Akwekotuku (University of Waikato)* Smoked fish and fermented oil: Taste and smell among the Kwakwaka'wakwAldona Jonaitis (Fairbanks Museum, University of Alaska)* Sonic Spectacles of Empire: the Audio-Visual Nexus, Delhi -- London, 1911-12.Tim Barringer (Yale University)3. Museums* The museum as sensescape: western sensibilities and indigenous artefactsConstance Claessen and David Howes (Concordia University)* The Fate of the Senses in Ethnographic Modernity: TheMargaret Mead Peoples of the Pacific Hall at the American Museum of Natural History Diane Losche (University of New South Wales)* Contact Points: Museums and the Lost Body ProblemJeffrey Feldman (New York University)* The beauty of letting go: Fragmentary museums and Archaeologies of archiveSven Ouzman (University of California at Berkeley National Museum of South Africa)