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The Agency of objects - Theory
Ingold (2007)
Things are active due to the way they are caught up in the world
Disagrees with separations of mind and matter, disagree that what distinguishes human activity is the imposition of our own ideas
We tend to only see the object, not its material
Properties = Objective and measurable
Qualities = subjective, they are our own ideas
The Agency of objects - Physical properties
Ingold (2007)
There is a need to recognise the physical properties and nature of material culture
To describe an objects properties is to tell its story
E.g Wet vs Dry stone - stoniness emerges via the stones involvement in its surroundings
Artefacts are always in process and it is impossible to distinguish between the natural and the artefact
Colonial relevance
Tilly (2006)
The west came to know itself primarily through the study of the artifactual other, material culture studies define themselves in relation to their objects of study
Thomas (1999)
In context of Barkcloth and its adoption by Samoan missionaries in the early 1830-1860s
A common statement is that Samoan Tiputa is a ‘local appropriation’ of a core form, anthropological rhetoric tends to treat the global as something insidious that locals have an interest assimilating to - this is our meta narrative not ours and their investments may neither collude or resist global relations
Nature of material culture studies
Tilly (2006)
Material culture studies have undergone a profound transformation in the last 20 years
Material culture studies are fluid and undisciplined - always changing and undergoing redefinition
Woodward (2006)
Using multiple research and multi-vocal approaches is one way to understand the entangled nature of social and material words
Multiple methods means our understanding of things is not just channelled by what people say about them
Our relational/social worlds are multi-dimensional and co-constituted through things and we need numerous ways of looking at that spectrum
