Material Culture Research and Historical Explanation

Schlereth, Thomas J.

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“…In industrial sites, decay may reveal the 'culture behind the material' experienced through signs of age. 67 Those sites are 'identified with a value no longer measured in terms of functional performance but in its ability to evoke what is lost'. 68 The inevitability of change in the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works is evident.…”

Section: Authenticity In World Heritagementioning

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10. Integrity and Authenticity

Solari Irribarra,

Rojas Alfaro

2024

Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation

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Fabiola Solari Irribarra and Guillermo Rojas Alfaro consider the vulnerability of urban and industrial constructions and their deterioration in arid climates. They question the authenticity of Humberstone and Santa Laura Salpeter Works in Chile according to the original fabrics and structures of this industrial heritage, the integrity of which has been harmed by the natural environment over time. In the last decade, several security measures and consolidation and stabilisation works were undertaken to conserve the tangible assets of this site. While conservation works partially compromised the original fabric and material aspects of the site, this change can be viewed as positive because the material decay of these mining complexes coexisted with efforts to keep them standing. In this way, these buildings and the choices made in conserving them bear witness to the key historical, industrial, and social processes associated with the heritage site.

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Section: Authenticity In World Heritagementioning

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10. Integrity and Authenticity

Solari Irribarra,

Rojas Alfaro

2024

Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation

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“…A systematic and serious study of the material culture of children and childhood had been a grossly neglected research topic until recently (Brookshaw, 2009;Schlereth, 1982Schlereth, , 1985, especially outside the framework of archeological and anthropological research. Studying the material culture of children and childhood is invaluable because it proves the presence and activities of children (Schlereth, 1982(Schlereth, , 1985, and because it allows us to identify and interpret the assumptions, beliefs, and meanings attached to the cultural artifacts of children or childhood in a particular society, i.e. from their social, cultural and historical position.…”

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“…The research of material culture in the late 19 th century was mainly focused on objects that can be classified as artifacts of the material culture of childhood, largely disregarding children's attitudes toward the material world (Schlereth, 1985), which could have provided ample evidence on authentic ways in which children made toys and used play objects from their surroundings. The most dominant group of artifacts of the material culture of children and childhood in museum collections consists of manufactured toys and clothes, followed by educational and school items, baby items, photographs and books (Brookshaw, 2009).…”

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“…In conditions in which the social and economic system are dominated by the values of neoliberal ideology which promotes industrial toys, artifacts of the material culture of children, i.e. toys that children make, adapt or modify to fit their needs or the needs of their games, are being increasingly pushed aside (Brookshaw, 2009;Frödén & Rosell, 2019;Schlereth, 1985;Rossie, 2005aRossie, , 2005bVečanski, 2016;Večanski & Kuzmanović Jovanović, 2019). Children use various objects and materials from their natural, social and cultural environment as playthings, including themselves and their own creative process.…”

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“…Therefore, a relevant question arisesto what degree are toys an integral part of children's culture, and to what degree are they a part of the culture of childhood which is constructed by adults? When we say the material culture of children, we mean items and objects that children themselves make, adapt or modify to fit their interests and the needs of their games, whereas the material culture of childhood refers to objects created by adults for children to play with (Schlereth, 1985). In addition to having personal significance for each individual, toys are an integral part of the world's cultural heritage, because they are the "embodiment of creativity, engineering, knowledge of the laws of the market, as well as the values and esthetics of human civilization at a certain point in time" (Nedeljković Angelovska, 2012: 5).…”

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