Museum Studies in Material Culture

activities analysis anthropology applied arts approach archaeology areas artefacts aspects become beginning behaviour British catalogue century collections concept concerned considerable considered contemporary context curators described display documentation established ethnographic evidence example exhibition existence experience Exploring fact field figure Fijian function given groups heritage historians housing human ideas illustrated important individual industrial institutions interest interpretation involved Journal knowledge largely least lives look major material culture means museum museum collections nature North American objects organized original particular past patterns perhaps period pieces play political possible practice present problem production professional questions range reasons recent records relations relationship represent result role scholars seen significance social history society space structures Sturtevant suggests survey symbolic Table theory things traditional understanding University visiting visitors