Objects in Motion
| Created: | 2016-01-04 08:52 |
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| Institution: | Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Description: | Convener
Alexi Baker (CRASSH) Summary Objects in Motion brings together scholars, curators and artists from around the world to dialogue about material objects in transition - cultural, temporal and geographical. All material objects are produced within specific contexts – whether they are ancient Roman tombstones, century-old Inuit clothing, or modern video games. How are differences in use and meaning negotiated when these objects transition into other contexts? What continuities remain, and what is reinterpreted and refashioned? How does this affect the meanings and knowledge embodied in, or found with, such objects? The subjects discussed will range in time from antiquity to the present day, and in geography across different continents. The individual disciplines encompassed include history, history of science and medicine, anthropology, social anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, art and performance, history of art, geography, digital humanities, museums, and cultural heritage. This breadth of speakers and topics will facilitate a fruitful exploration of material culture dynamics which are central to the human experience even in an era of multinational corporations, global communication, and increasing standardisation. It will also foster discussion of the different disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to studying and communicating about these themes. Twenty-six panel speakers are joined by three keynotes: Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science at the University of Cambridge Nicholas Thomas, Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology [MAA] Tim Knox, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum There will also be a short documentary film shown, visual art by Jane Watt and ceramic arts by Chris McHugh displayed, and Ms. Watt’s mobile art studio onsite for the first two days. There will be a reception at the MAA on the first evening, a reception and viewing of the superb exhibition Treasured Possessions at the Fitzwilliam on the second evening, and optional visits to other local museums on the final afternoon. |
| Website: | http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25668 |
Media items
This collection contains 17 media items.
Media items
Amal Sachedina - More Coffee Anyone: The Coffeepot as an Object of Reform and Restoration in the Sultanate of Oman
Amal Sachedina (Brown University)
More Coffee Anyone: The Coffeepot as an Object of Reform and Restoration in the Sultanate of Oman
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Christina Williamson - Movement and Meaning in a Century-Old Inuit Parka
Christina Williamson (Carleton University Ottawa)
Movement and Meaning in a Century-Old Inuit Parka
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Claire Sabel - Cultures of Colorimetry
Claire Sabel (University of Cambridge)
Cultures of Colorimetry
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Danny Braverman: The Making of Wot? No Fish!! - Translating Outsider Art Into Theatrical Storytelling
Danny Braverman (Goldsmiths University)
The Making of Wot? No Fish!! - Translating Outsider Art Into Theatrical Storytelling
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 22 Feb 2016
Dora Vargha - Traveling Pathogens, Flying Vaccines: A Story of Failure in Global Polio Vaccination
Dora Vargha (University of London)
Traveling pathogens, flying vaccines: a story of failure in global polio vaccination
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Elsje van Kessel - Temporary exhibitions as object movers in early modern Italy
Elsje van Kessel (University of St. Andrews)
Temporary exhibitions as object movers in early modern Italy
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Emma Martin - The Transition of Tibetan Book-covers into Colonial Worlds
Emma Martin (National Museums Liverpool / University of Manchester)
The transition of Tibetan book-covers into colonial worlds
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
John P. McCarthy presented by Chris Wingfield - Extraordinary Uses of Ordinary Things: Negotiating African Identity at...
John P. McCarthy (Delaware State Parks) — presented by Chris Wingfield (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge)
Extraordinary Uses of Ordinary Things: Negotiating...
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Katharina Nordhofen - More Than a Frame: Strategies of Appropriation of Byzantine Ivories on Ottonian Book Covers
Katharina Nordhofen (University of Vienna)
More than a frame: strategies of appropriation of Byzantine ivories on Ottonian book covers
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Nazneen Ahmed - Religious Objects in Motion: Two Ealing Case Studies
Nazneen Ahmed (University College London)
Religious objects in motion: Two Ealing Case Studies
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Nicholas Thomas - A Critique of the Natural Artefact: Rethinking Re-contextualisation
Nicholas Thomas (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge)
A critique of the natural artefact: rethinking re-contextualisation
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Paul Gooding and Stephen Bennett - “A Link to the Past”: Remastered Videogames and the Material Archive
Paul Gooding and Stephen Bennett (University of East Anglia)
“A Link to the Past”: Remastered Videogames and the Material Archive
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Petra Tjitske Kalshoven - Animal Artefacts: Categorical Trespassing by the Curiously Lifelike
Petra Tjitske Kalshoven (University of Manchester)
Animal artefacts: categorical trespassing by the curiously lifelike
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Rachel Hand - Polity in Motion: 18th Century Musical Instruments and the Regalia of Tonga’s Sacred Chief
Rachel Hand (Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)
Co-authors Billie Lythberg, Wonu Veys, Hūfanga ‘Okusitino Māhina & Semisi Fetokai Potauaine
Polity in motion:...
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Simon Schaffer - Soft Matter and Mobile Objects
Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge)
Soft matter and mobile objects
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Stephanie Bunn - The Pattern of the Past in the Present: Felt Textiles in Transition in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia
Stephanie Bunn (University of St. Andrews)
The pattern of the past in the present: felt textiles in transition in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016
Willemijn van Noord - An Ancient Mirror in Motion: From China Through Siberia to the Netherlands and Back (c. 100 BCE -...
Willemijn van Noord (University of Amsterdam)
An ancient mirror in motion: from China through Siberia to the Netherlands and back (c. 100 BCE - 1700 CE)
Collection: Objects in Motion
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 4 Jan 2016