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J Material Culture 1 (1)
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J Material Culture 1 (1)
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Journal of Material Culture
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1 (1)
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Journal
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Sage Publications
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Year of Publication:
1996
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Date Of Issue From: 1996
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BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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20 Jan 2002
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Vogel's net: traps as artworks and artworks as traps
Alfred Gell
15 - 38
A paper exploring the basis of the distinction commonly made between works of art or art objects, and `mere' artefacts, which are useful but not aesthetically interesting or beautiful. It is argued that if the art object is identifiable as such in the light of the fact that it has an interpretation, then many artefacts could be exhibited as art objects. The paper shows that animal traps could very well be exhibited as art, because they tend to embody complex ideas and intentions to do with the relationship between humans and animals, and because they provide a model of the hunter and the hunter's idea of the world of the prey animal. It is concluded that an aesthetic definition of the art object is consequently unsatisfactory.
The meaning of objects and the meaning of actions
Colin Campbell
93 - 105
The tendency to take the meanings commonly attached to objects and extend them to the meanings attached to their use is the object of an extended critique. A discussion of the consumption of clothing is used to demonstrate that this tendency involves confusing two logically distinct frames of analysis, the study of material objects and the study of actions. Two central differences between these frameworks are identified, that of the parameters of identity and the nature of meaning. It is concluded that determining `the meaning' of an action is a far more complex and difficult process than seeking for `the meaning' of an object.