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This unit is an introduction to the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects.
By the end of this unit you should:
Why study things? Or put another way, what can we learn from objects that we can’t find out from the reading of texts? There’s no simple answer to these questions but, as we shall discover in the course of this unit, there’s no getting around the ubiquity of things.
This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Making sense of things: an introduction to material culture (A151) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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It wonderful where we live they have just switch off the street lights at night so on a clear night we can see the stars and its great we sit there for hours my Wife Susan and our cat IsIs.
It good to be back and I am looking forward studying again I had a little rest.
I trust everybody is thinking the same.
Kind regards James Williams
Look forward to hearing form anyone who is also working on A151
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