When I first attended school to learn about material culture (physical objects made or modified by humans), my professor — a fantastic combination of Elmer Fudd and Vizzini from “The Princess Bride” — ...
Introduction : material culture studies : a reactionary view / Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry -- The material-cultural turn : event and effect / Dan Hicks -- Material geographies / Ian Cook and Divya P ...
At Monte Albán, a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, the artist Anni Albers encountered ancient jewelry composed of stones and shells. The artifacts inspired Albers to make jewelry ...