Doing things with things the design and use of everyday objects

In this book, contributors from across the social sciences focus on everyday objects and how these objects enter our activities over the course of time. Using a combination of different theoretical approaches, the book argues against the standard notion of objects and their properties as inert and m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Costall, Alan (-), Dreier, Ole
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot : Ashgate 2006.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Ethnoscapes.
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Sumario:In this book, contributors from across the social sciences focus on everyday objects and how these objects enter our activities over the course of time. Using a combination of different theoretical approaches, the book argues against the standard notion of objects and their properties as inert and meaningless, and for the need to understand the relations between people and objects in terms of process and change.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (253 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781315577920
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