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Journal of Material Culture 17 (4)
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Journal of Material Culture 17 (4)
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Journal of Material Culture
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17 (4)
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98
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2012
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http://mcu.sagepub.com/content/17/4.toc
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17 Feb 2013
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Coins, crests and kings; symbols of identity and resistance in the Occupied...
Gillian Carr
237 - 344
During the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, 1940'“1945, the ratio of occupying soldiers to civilians was higher than anywhere else in Occupied Europe; thus, armed resistance was virtually impossible. In its place, unarmed and symbolic resistance grew in importance, and while the role of this has been played down, such acts, many of which left a material trace, are argued to have been of great significance to islanders. The case study presented here examines the role of coins and trench art (such as cigarette lighters and badges) made out of coins, which were used as symbols of resistant identity during the German Occupation. It is argued that coinage is particularly appropriate and versatile for Occupation trench art, made and used by civilians and occupying soldiers alike, because of the key symbols of patriotism and identity that they carry. It is suggested that these symbols were used at different times in the biographical trajectories of different types of trench art made from and with coins, and varied in meaning depending on context and owner.
Economies of moral fibre? Recycling charity clothing into emergency aid blankets
Lucy Norris
389 - 404
Examines the complex interweaving of moral values, material goods and market economies arising where unwanted clothing donated to Western charities is transformed through industrial fibre recycling in India into millions of aid blankets distributed worldwide as humanitarian relief.
Binding and aging
Daniela K Rosner
Alex S Taylor
405 - 424
Examines ideas attached to the concept of age through the practices of restoration bookbinding. Suggests that age can be something produced through the interleaving of both social and material practices. Age is seen not as an intangible, definite attribute. Rather, it is argued to be something actively worked on; co-produced through an ongoing relationship between materials, craftsmen and the world they work in. Focuses, specifically, on the craft of restoration binding. From 200-year-old antique books to the most mundane paperbacks, restoration binding requires that manual skills and aesthetic sensitivity be distributed between the binders, the materials and tools of the trade. However, notions of age have changed over the years and these, it is argued, are tightly interwoven with the social and material practices that make up restoration bookbinding.