Doing things with things : the design and use of everyday objects / edited by Alan Costall and Ole Dreier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costall, Alan.

Dreier, Ole.

Series:

Ethnoscapes.

Ethnoscapes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Philosophy.

Material culture.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Knowledge, Theory of, in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Design and use of everyday objects

Place of Publication:

Aldershot : Ashgate, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, contributors from across the social sciences focus on everyday objects and how these objects enter our activities over the course of time. Using a combination of different theoretical approaches, the book argues against the standard notion of objects and their properties as inert and meaningless, and for the need to understand the relations between people and objects in terms of process and change.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I: Intentionality and the Functionality of Things; Part II: Things in the World of the Child; Part III: Transformation and Things; Part IV: Organisation and Things; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57792-5

1-317-14857-6

1-317-14856-8

1-281-09650-4

9786611096502

0-7546-8010-X

9781315577920

OCLC:

476277732