“Making” and “knowing” have generally been viewed as belonging to different types and orders of knowledge. “Craft” and “making” have been associated with how-to information, oriented to a particular situation or product, often informal and tacit, while “knowing” has been related to theoretical, propositional, and abstract knowledge including natural science. Although craftspeop...(展开全部)

Although craftspeople and artists often work with natural materials, the notion that making art can constitute a means of knowing nature is a novel one. This book, with contributions from historians of science, medicine, art, and material culture, shows that the histories of science and art are not simply histories of concepts or styles, but histories of the making and using of...(展开全部)

“Making” and “knowing” have generally been viewed as belonging to different types and orders of knowledge. “Craft” and “making” have been associated with how-to information, oriented to a particular situation or product, often informal and tacit, while “knowing” has been related to theoretical, propositional, and abstract knowledge including natural science. Although craftspeop...(展开全部)

Representing a new wave of thinking about material culture studies-a topic long overdue for reevaluation-the essays in this volume take a fresh look at the relationship between material culture and exchange theory and illuminate the changing patterns of cultural flow in an increasingly global economy and the cultural differences registered in "regimes of value." The Empire of T...(展开全部)

作者简介： [英]史蒂芬·康纳 Steven Connor 英国剑桥大学英语系名誉教授以及艺术、社会科学和人文研究中心主任。他的著作繁多，包括《肤之书》（The Book of Skin）、《苍蝇》（Fly）、《空气这种物质：空气的科学与艺术》（The Matter of Air: Science and the Art of the Ethereal）、《运动哲学》（A Philosophy of Sport）、《言外之意：呜咽、闷哼、结巴与其他发声》（Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations）。

作者简介： [英]史蒂芬·康纳 Steven Connor 英国剑桥大学英语系名誉教授以及艺术、社会科学和人文研究中心主任。他的著作繁多，包括《肤之书》（The Book of Skin）、《苍蝇》（Fly）、《空气这种物质：空气的科学与艺术》（The Matter of Air: Science and the Art of the Ethereal）、《运动哲学》（A Philosophy of Sport）、《言外之意：呜咽、闷哼、结巴与其他发声》（Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations）。

In this collection of new and previously published essays, Sherry Ortner draws on her more than two decades of work in feminist anthropology to offer a major reconsideration of culture and gender. Making Gender is rich in theoretical insights and ethnographic examples, offering a stimulating synthesis of the field by one of its founders and foremost theorists.

In this collection of new and previously published essays, Sherry Ortner draws on her more than two decades of work in feminist anthropology to offer a major reconsideration of culture and gender. Making Gender is rich in theoretical insights and ethnographic examples, offering a stimulating synthesis of the field by one of its founders and foremost theorists.

The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and Science and Technology Studies, through twenty-eight specially commissioned essays by leading international researchers, the volume explores contemporary is...(展开全部)

The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and Science and Technology Studies, through twenty-eight specially commissioned essays by leading international researchers, the volume explores contemporary is...(展开全部)