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Pourquoi fais-tu ça avec cet objet là ? Pourquoi y a-t-il des objets à soi et d'autres qui ne le sont pas ; qu’en fait-on ? Quand, où, avec ou contre qui, pour quoi ? Autant de questions qui résument le contenu de ce livre : l’étude de nos relations aux objets dans la vie quotidienne. Sujet banal sur du banal. Mais le banal regorge d’insolite et appelle à l’enquête sociologique. Et c’est bien ce dont il s’agit ici : un ouvrage qui déplie les résultats d’une étude menée par les étudiants du master Chargé d’ÉtudeS en Sociologie appliquée (CESSA) de l’Université Paris Descartes sur des objets et des pratiques divers et variés : des casques, des ecigarettes, des tablettes, du café Nespresso, des vêtements, des livres de cuisine, des régimeuses, du do it yourself, du flexitarisme, des tweets, des MDD, de la bière, des magazines « pour les vrais mecs », des romans érotiques pour les femmes, des fans de Dieudonné, sans oublier évidemment la télé, les séries, les émissions de téléréalité, le smartphone, les peluches et nos rapports aux héros d’aujourd’hui.

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Cultural history is increasingly informed by the history of material culture-the ways in which individuals or entire societies create and relate to objects both mundane and extraordinary-rather than on textual evidence alone. Books such as The Hare with Amber Eyes and A History of the World in 100 Objects indicate the growing popularity of this way of understanding the past. In History and Its Objects, Peter N. Miller uncovers the forgotten origins of our fascination with exploring the past through its artifacts by highlighting the role of antiquarianism-a pursuit ignored and derided by modem academic history-in grasping the significance of material culture.From the efforts of Renaissance antiquarians, who reconstructed life in the ancient world from coins, inscriptions, seals, and other detritus, to amateur historians in the nineteenth century working within burgeoning national traditions, Miller connects collecting-whether by individuals or institutions-to the professionalization of the historical profession, one which came to regard its progenitors with skepticism and disdain. The struggle to articulate the value of objects as historical evidence, then, lies at the heart both of academic history-writing and of the popular engagement with things. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that our current preoccupation with objects is far from novel and reflects a human need to reexperience the past as a physical presence.

Material culture -- History --- History --- historiography --- material culture [discipline] --- material culture [genre] --- antiquities [object genre] --- Europe --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Antiquities --- Material culture --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Archaeology --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Study and teaching --- Historiography. --- History. --- Study and teaching. --- Historiography --- Antiquities - Study and teaching --- Material culture - History --- Europe - Historiography

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The Arma Christi, the cluster of objects associated with Christ's Passion, was one of the most familiar iconographic devices of European medieval and early modern culture. From the weapons used to torment and sacrifice the body of Christ sprang a reliquary tradition that produced active and contemplative devotional practices, complex literary narratives, intense lyric poems, striking visual images, and innovative architectural ornament. This collection displays the fascinating range of intellectual possibilities generated by representations of these medieval 'objects,' and through the interdisciplinary collaboration of its contributors produces a fresh view of the multiple intersections of the spiritual and the material in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It also includes a new and authoritative critical edition of the Middle English Arma Christi poem known as 'O Vernicle' that takes account of all twenty surviving manuscripts. The book opens with a substantial introduction that surveys previous scholarship and situates the Arma in their historical and aesthetic contexts. The ten essays that follow explore representative examples of the instruments of the Passion across a broad swath of history, from some of their earliest formulations in late antiquity to their reformulations in early modern Europe. Together, they offer the first large-scale attempt to understand the arma Christi as a unique cultural phenomenon of its own, one that resonated across centuries in multiple languages, genres, and media. The collection directs particular attention to this array of implements as an example of the potency afforded material objects in medieval and early modern culture, from the glittering nails of the Old English poem Elene to the coins of the Middle English poem 'Sir Penny,' from garments and dice on Irish tomb sculptures to lanterns and ladders in Hieronymus Bosch's panel painting of St. Christopher, and from the altar of the Sistine Chapel to the printed prayer books of the Reformation.

Arma Christi --- Devotional objects --- Instruments de la Passion --- Objets de dévotion --- Catholic Church. --- Eglise catholique --- Jesus Christ --- Passion --- Art. --- Christian art and symbolism --- Christianity and the arts --- Material culture --- History --- Relics --- Art --- Objets de dévotion --- Arma Christi. --- Thematology --- Iconography --- Christian special devotions --- Christian art and symbolism - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Material culture - History --- Jesus Christ - Relics - Art

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"Saviez-vous que le hamac, d'origine amérindienne, avait été mis au service de la conquête de l'espace ? Que le surf fut d'abord une pratique politique et religieuse ? Que le shampoing adopté par les Britanniques provient du sous-continent indien ? Que la boîte de conserve a initié le développement spectaculaire de Kuala Lumpur ? Que la passion du piano a accéléré l'extermination des éléphants des savanes africaines ? Que de petits coquillages des Maldives permettaient d'acheter des captifs destinés aux plantations outre-Atlantique ? A l'invitation de Pierre Singaravélou et Sylvain Venayre, près de quatre-vingt-dix historiennes et historiens ont accepté de relever le défi, savant et ludique, d'une histoire du monde par les objets. De la tong au sari, du gilet jaune à la bouteille en plastique, en passant par le sex-toy et la chicotte, ces objets tour à tour triviaux et extraordinaires éclairent nos pratiques les plus intimes tout en nous invitant à comprendre autrement la mondialisation et ses limites. Un voyage insolite et passionnant dans le grand magasin du monde."

Material culture --- Culture and globalization --- Culture matérielle --- Culture et mondialisation --- History --- Histoire --- Objets usuels --- Culture matérielle. --- Mondialisation. --- Histoire économique. --- Histoire moderne et contemporaine. --- History, Modern --- Implements, utensils, etc. --- Histoire. --- History. --- Culture matérielle. --- Histoire économique. --- Material culture - History --- Culture matérielle - Histoire

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Maritime cultural landscapes are collections of submerged archaeological sites, or combinations of terrestrial and submerged sites that reflect the relationship between humans and the water.  These landscapes can range in size from a single beach to an entire coastline and can include areas of terrestrial sites now inundated as well as underwater sites that are now desiccated.  However, what binds all of these sites together is the premise that each aspect of the landscape –cultural, political, environmental, technological, and physical – is interrelated and can not be understood without reference to the others. In this maritime cultural landscape approach, individual sites are treated as features within the larger landscape and the interpretation of single sites add to a larger analysis of a region or culture. This approach provides physical and theoretical links between terrestrial and underwater archaeology as well as prehistoric and historic archaeology; consequently, providing a framework for integrating such diverse topics as trade, resource procurement, habitation, industrial production, and warfare into a holistic study of the past. Landscape studies foster broader perspectives and approaches, extending the study of maritime cultures beyond the shoreline. Despite this potential, the archaeological study of maritime landscapes is a relatively untried approach with many questions regarding the methods and perspectives needed to effectively analyze these landscapes.  The chapters in this volume, which include contributions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia, address many of the theoretical and methodological questions surrounding maritime cultural landscapes. The authors comprise established scholars as well as archaeologists at the beginning of their careers, providing a healthy balance of experience and innovation. The chapters also demonstrate parity between method and theory, where the varying interpretations of culture and space are given equal weight with the challenges of investigating both wet and dry sites across large areas.

Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. --- Archaeology -- Fieldwork. --- Archaeology -- Methodology. --- Archaeology. --- Material culture -- History. --- Social archaeology. --- Underwater archaeology --- Landscape archaeology --- History & Archaeology --- Archaeology --- Coastal archaeology. --- Island archaeology. --- Underwater archaeology. --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Coastal sites (Archaeology) --- Coasts --- Antiquities --- Social sciences. --- Cultural heritage. --- Social Sciences. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Coastal archaeology --- Archaeological site location --- Shipwrecks --- Cultural property.