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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777321203321

Titolo

Doing things with things [[electronic resource] ] : the design and use of everyday objects / / edited by Alan Costall and Ole Dreier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, : Ashgate, 2006

ISBN

1-315-57792-5

1-317-14857-6

1-317-14856-8

1-281-09650-4

9786611096502

0-7546-8010-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Ethnoscapes

Altri autori (Persone)

CostallAlan

DreierOle

Disciplina

306.46

Soggetti

Material culture - Philosophy

Technology - Social aspects

Knowledge, Theory of

Knowledge, Theory of, in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I: Intentionality and the Functionality of Things; Part II: Things in the World of the Child; Part III: Transformation and Things; Part IV: Organisation and Things; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.