How materials matter : design, innovation and materiality in the Pacific /

How does design and innovation shape people's lives in the Pacific' Focusing on plant materials from the region, How Materials Matter reveals ways in which a variety of people ' from craftswomen and scientists to architects and politicians ' work with materials to transform world...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Were, Graeme (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
Temas:
Pacific Islanders > Material culture.
Material culture > Oceania.
Plant products > Oceania.
Handicraft > Oceania.
Design > Oceania.
Océaniens > Culture matérielle.
Culture matérielle > Océanie.
Produits végétaux > Océanie.
Artisanat > Océanie.
Design > Océanie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
Design
Handicraft
Manners and customs
Material culture
Plant products
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Océanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Oceania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; How Materials Matter; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I. Materials under the Microscope; Chapter 1. On the Materials of Mats; Chapter 2. Materials on the Move; Chapter 3. What's in a Plant Leaf?; PART II. Materials, Design, Transformation; Chapter 4. Of Canoes and Troughs; Chapter 5. Enclosures and Disclosures; PART III. Material Futures; Chapter 6. Returning Cultural Knowledge in a Digital Design Context; Chapter 7. Material Histories and the Changing Nature of Museum Collections; Conclusion. Towards a New Understanding of Materiality

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