An introduction to material culture
Offered By: The Open University via OpenLearn
Course Description
Overview
This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- Why study things?
- A piece of broken masonry
- The study of objects
- How to study material culture
- Object-centred approaches
- Object-driven approaches
- Describing objects
- What is material culture?
- Everyday objects
- Making assumptions
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
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