Material turn
In 1967, philosopher Richard Rorty edited a volume with the programmatic title The Linguistic Turn. Since then, the social and cultural sciences have gone through several ›turns‹, e. g. the ›interpretative‹, ›iconic/pictorial‹, or the ›spatial turn‹. Such ›turns‹ stimulate new research perspectives...
| Published in: | Dinge des Wissens |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Wallstein-Verlag
2012
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| In: |
Dinge des Wissens
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cultural sciences
/ Neuer Materialismus
/ Museology
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Exhibition catalog
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| Summary: | In 1967, philosopher Richard Rorty edited a volume with the programmatic title The Linguistic Turn. Since then, the social and cultural sciences have gone through several ›turns‹, e. g. the ›interpretative‹, ›iconic/pictorial‹, or the ›spatial turn‹. Such ›turns‹ stimulate new research perspectives and questions, as well as shifts in theory and method. In recent years, the ›material turn‹ is gaining prominence in the humanities and social sciences. The principle of ›thinking through things‹ and the claim that objects possess agency are especially provoking. This chapter explores the stimulating effects of the ›material turn‹ in the field of museum studies. Firstly, it recalls the early history of disciplines such as archaeology, cultural anthropology, folklore studies, and art history, which are essentially based on their involvement with material culture and on the establishment of the museum as a bourgeois institution. Secondly, it outlines the developments of the ›material turn‹ and its theoretical ambitions over the last decades. Thirdly, it discusses the theoretical and practical consequences of such a new perspective for University archives and collections, as well as for the public presentation of academic knowledge conveyed by objects and things. |
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| ISBN: | 383531064X |
| Contains: | In: Dinge des Wissens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-42675 HDL: 10900/101296 |