The terrain of thingworlds: Central objects and asymmetry in material culture systems

Material culture forms a relational system of distributed reality – a thingworld. But how do we get beyond simply saying that all material culture is meaningful and entangled to understanding the internal structure of such systems? Is it a flat terrain among co-equal things? Or are some objects more...

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Authors: Lucas, Gavin (Author) ; Robb, J. Wesley 1919-2018 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2021
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-238
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
VA Philosophy
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Material Culture
B Asymmetry
B thingworld
B Salience
B Centrality
B Relationality
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