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dc.contributor.authorWhitehouse, Ruth D.
dc.contributor.editorPiquette, Kathryn E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-04 09:33:06
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:36:32Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier533915
dc.identifierOCN: 874935238en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33206
dc.description.abstractWriting as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing — the ways in which materials, techniques, colour, scale, orientation and visibility inform the creation of inscribed objects and spaces, as well as structure subsequent engagement, perception and meaning making. Covering a temporal span of some 5000 years, from c.3200 BCE to the present day, and ranging in spatial context from the Americas to the Near East, the chapters in this volume bring a variety of perspectives which contribute to both specific and broader questions of writing materialities. The authors also aim to place past graphical systems in their social contexts so they can be understood in relation to the people who created and attributed meaning to writing and associated symbolic modes through a diverse array of individual and wider social practices. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bai)
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.othermaterial culture
dc.subject.otherartefact
dc.subject.otherarchaeology
dc.subject.othersymbolism
dc.subject.otherwriting
dc.subject.otherClay tablet
dc.subject.otherQuipu
dc.subject.otherSitula
dc.titleWriting as Material Practice
dc.title.alternativeSubstance, surface and medium
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5334/bai
oapen.relation.isPublishedByd5069e3b-8e22-4e18-9d2d-558a5f96d506
oapen.relation.isbn9781909188259;9781909188266
oapen.pages342
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Clay tablet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_tablet; Quipu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu; Situla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla


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