Studies in American Material Culture: August 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The Life Of The Object: An Experimental Workshop

The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) Conference at The University of Wisconsin-Madison April 7-11, 2011

Historians and cultural critics who study objects have long focused on the relationships between production and consumption, but these dynamics deserve reexamination in today's obj ...

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Partnership

Students enrolled in the fall 2012 iteration of Studies in Material Culture will have the opportunity to apply their skills in a real curatorial capacity. We will partner with Drexel University’s Historic Costume Collection, to develop an exhibit of historic textiles that will debut at Drexel during spring 2013. In light of this cooperative project, Studies in Material Culture will be particularly concerned this semester with the history of textiles as well as with issues bearing on the practice of public history, specifically within museums and other exhibitionary contexts.