Abstract
A myriad of objects are fused with our lives to fulfil our needs and desires and to assign meanings to our world. We are so used to living in a world of things that we rarely consider their existence and the extent to which objects shape our practices and cultures - thus furthering our desire for possessions and the production of new meanings (Gell 1998, Ingold 2000, Miller 2005). Given the intimate relationships between objects and human life, how does an object extend our personhood?.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Thing about Museums |
| Subtitle of host publication | Objects and Experience, Representation and Contestation |
| Editors | Sandra Dudley, Amy Jane Barnes, Jennifer Binnie, Julia Petrov, Jennifer Walklate |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 171-181 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136634246, 9780203803523 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415679046 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 Aug 2011 |