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Zusatztext [A] rich resource for 'Making History through Objects'... [D]emonstrates the benefits of intra-institutional collaboration and is dedicated to the 'people who care for and preserve tangible things: museum curators, conservators, conservation scientists, collection managers, registrars, administrators, and volunteers'... They have done an excellent job of contextualisation, translating material evidence into text and image. Informationen zum Autor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich taught for fifteen years at University of New Hampshire before moving to Harvard in 1995. She is the author of many books and articles on early American history including A Midwife's Tale, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1991, and The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth. Sarah Anne Carter is the curator of the Chipstone Foundation and the Chipstone Fellow in Material Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was previously a lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. Her research has been supported by several national grants, and she has published essays in The History of Photography, The History of Childhood and Youth, and The Museum History Journal. Ivan Gaskell held positions at the Warburg Institute, Cambridge University, and Harvard before moving to the Bard Graduate Center in 2012.He is the author, editor, or co-editor of eleven books, and has contributed to numerous journals and edited volumes in history, art history, and philosophy. Sara J. Schechner is the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, where is she is part of the history of science department and has taught museum studies. She recently received the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize (2008) of the History of Science Society for a career of innovative and diverse object-based teaching. She lives in a historic house on the National Register and has an archaeological site in her back yard. Samantha van Gerbig is curatorial technician of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University. Klappentext Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. Zusammenfassung Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. Inhaltsverzeichnis [tentative] Preface Introduction: Thinking with Things Chapter 1: Things in Place 1. Natural History Say it with Flowers: An Orchid Specimen and a Watercolor Drawing 2. Archaeology and Anthropology A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum: A Roman Four-Handled Glass Jar 3. Books and Manuscripts Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash 4. Art Set in Stone: A Limestone Mold for Casting Openwork Ornaments 5. Science and Medicine Political Chemistry 6. History A Knockabout Dress Chapter 2: Things Unplaced Memorandums of a Cottage An Enchanted Galapagos Tortoise Shell Marked "Ship Abigail " Pointing Fingers: A Carved Spoon, Human Hand An Errant Tortilla Exotic Opulence: An Iridescent Beetle Ornament Tracking Blondie: Blondie Goes to Leisureland Chapter 3: Things Out of Place A Palette and the Psychology of Vision A Blue Bird Plows and Swords: The Artemas Ward Plow in the Semitic Museum Nature or Culture? A Carved Helmeted Hornbill Skull Chapter 4: Things in Stories-Stories in Things Objects as Portals The Message<...
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Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past.
