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conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by V KeenanThis paper considers the role of collected objects within the parameters of a larger PhD study. Observations from theoretical and personal perspectives will inform and form the ‘bric a brac’ of this paper, accumulating within a conceptual ‘cabinet of curiosities’. In order to expose some of the complexities and ambiguities that both allow and disallow a fuller understanding of the role that objects have in reflecting and representing culture, this collection of words, concepts and artifacts developed for my own ‘cabinet of curiosities’, will contrast and compare aspects of theoretical commentary situating material objects within cultural contexts of the past and present. Inspired by a collection of hand written letters, this study reflects my developing interest in the role of material culture, ‘object/s’ and object collections in late 19th century and contemporary culture. The letters were penned by a late nineteenth-century Queensland grazier, my great uncle, Will Henry (1896-1906), while he lived and worked on Queensland cattle properties. Will died of typhoid in 1907 at the age of 30.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Parent Title
Women in Research Conference : a national conference about “Women Doing Research”, Gladstone CQU Campus, Gladstone, 24-25 November, 2005.Start Page
1End Page
4Number of Pages
4Start Date
2005-01-01ISBN-10
1921047100Location
Gladstone, Qld.Publisher
Central Queensland UniversityPlace of Publication
Gladstone, Qld.Peer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
Central Queensland University; University of Southern Queensland;Era Eligible
- No