Trajectories of Meaning: the Shifting Power of Things

  • Neil MacGregor (Author)
    British Museum

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2012.2.9543

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URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-ts-95435 (PDF)

Abstract

The meaning of things has, over the last decades, assured ever greater political significance. National identity and national ambition are frequently tethered to objects to which particular significance is attached.

In this lecture I want to examine a few examples of the instability of the meaning of things, how meanings are discarded and created, and what motives may be at work. I also wish to consider how the academic community might respond.

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Published
2012-12-21
Issue
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012)
Section
Multimedia
Language
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines
art history, history, cultural studies, museum studies, transcultural studies
Keywords
transculturality, materiality, museum, national identity,
How to Cite
MacGregor, N. (2012). Trajectories of Meaning: the Shifting Power of Things. The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 3(2), 7. https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2012.2.9543

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