Trajectories of Meaning: the Shifting Power of Things
Authors
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Neil MacGregor
British Museum
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.
Published in Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012), 7
Date
2012-12-21
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Section:
Multimedia
Keywords:
transculturality, materiality, museum, national identity,
Language:
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines:
art history, history, cultural studies, museum studies, transcultural studies
Published in Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012), 7
Date
2012-12-21
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