Introduction : material culture history : methods, practices and disciplines
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Anne GERRITSEN and Giorgio RIELLO (eds), Writing material culture history, London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, Writing History, pp. 1-18
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RIELLO, Giorgio, GERRITSEN, Anne, Introduction : material culture history : methods, practices and disciplines, in Anne GERRITSEN and Giorgio RIELLO (eds), Writing material culture history, London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, Writing History, pp. 1-18 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73509
Abstract
The simple acknowledgement that objects can serve as a way of understanding and appreciating the past does not necessarily explain why and how historians should engage with them. There are many fine historical accounts that do not consider either objects or material culture. The engagement and usefulness of material culture depend on the questions that we ask and the objects that one considers...