Stevenson, AE;
Libonati, E;
Baines, J;
(2017)
Introduction—object habits: Legacies of fieldwork and the museum.
Museum History Journal
, 10
(2)
pp. 113-126.
10.1080/19369816.2017.1328780.
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Abstract
This paper introduces the concept of ‘object habits’ for diversifying the scope of museum histories. The term is shorthand referring to an area’s customs relating to objects, taking into account factors that influence the types of things chosen, motivations for collecting, modes of acquisition, temporal variations in procurement, styles of engagements with artefacts or specimens, their treatment, documentation and representation, as well as attitudes to their presentation and reception. These customs emerge not only within the museum or out in the field, but significantly between the two, within the full agency of the world. The articles in this special issue explore the potential of ‘object habits’ in relation to the history of museums and collections across a selection of disciplines and a range of object types, including ancient artefacts, natural history specimens, archival documents, and photographic evidence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Introduction—object habits: Legacies of fieldwork and the museum |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19369816.2017.1328780 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19369816.2017.1328780 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Object habits, fieldwork, object biographies, paleontology, photographs, archaeology, illustrations, ancient Egypt, deaccessioning, transparency |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1555562 |
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