Objects in the archives : modern material culture and heritage in the North /
"Situated on an intersection between Material Culture Studies, History and Museum and Archival Studies, this book investigates the material world of the Icelandic population in the late Modern Era. Utilizing the great wealth of inventories of household goods stored at The National Archives of I...
| Corporate Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2025.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Situated on an intersection between Material Culture Studies, History and Museum and Archival Studies, this book investigates the material world of the Icelandic population in the late Modern Era. Utilizing the great wealth of inventories of household goods stored at The National Archives of Iceland in conjunction with material objects, the book highlights new paths and insights into understanding people's possessions and material relations, and the entwined biographies of people and things. It shows how people shaped their own lives by means of things, and how these material relations are "archived" and represented in heritage and museum spaces. The book is divided into two parts that explore how material culture contributes to history, the relationship between things and text, the practice of collecting things and address the process of assembly, or how things gather. Micro and macro methods of investigation tease out new approaches to debates around human-thing relationships, acknowledging ideas about material agency and social significance and that the human-material relation is reciprocal. This volume will appeal to students and researchers within the field of archaeology, material culture studies, museum studies, heritage and the history of material culture"-- |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "This book presents the final outcome of a multidisciplinary research project carried out at the University of Iceland, titled My Favourite Things: Material Culture Archives, Cultural Heritage and Meaning"--Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1003350291 9781040184639 1040184634 9781040184677 1040184677 9781003350293 |