An introduction to material culture

# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand what material culture is
- understand the origin of material culture as an area of study in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
- understand the concepts of 'object biography' and the 'life cycles' of things.

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