soci/ant 441 meeting 3
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SOCI/ANTH 441 Material CultureMeeting 3, September 23, 2010
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Naji/Douny
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Unpacking
•Working with text•Did last week•Take apart•Decompression
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Imagined readership?
•Anglophone anthropology•"Look, over here, we're doing interesting
stuff"•Taken seriously•Very concrete and very abstract•Sociological audience?
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Phenomenology
•Connection with Dant•Much deeper•From surface to depth
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Academic culture
•Do homework•Publish or perish•Collaboration•Special issue•European approaches•UCL, Marseille, Paris
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Typical French approach
•Density•Sentence construction•"Unmaking"•"Foucauldian" as passing reference to
Foucault
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Delve in definition
•Cosmology•Containment•performativity
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Basic definitions
•technique•technology•Human action
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Anglophone practice
•Strings of citation•Buzzwords•Address material culture classics
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References
•Almost review article•Case studies
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FTAT
•List of scholars•Links between them•History of ideas•Research groups•Classic texts•Current research
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Material culture classics
•Affordances•Sociality of•Leroi-Gourhan•Bourdieu's habitus not enough space for
agency and social change•Merleau-Ponty•Body and materiality•Address "literature of"•From creating and using to norms and
practices
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Unmaking and Decay
•Douny on trash•World without us•http://www.worldwithoutus.com/•Entropy and chaos•Object's life cycle
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Discover blog on body perception•Failing to appreciate doors, and other
mysteries of brain space•http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2
010/09/22/failing-to-appreciate-doors-and-other-mysteries-of-brain-space/
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Sensory Approaches
•Sensory integration in anthropology▫http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/27/ch
ildren-integrating-their-senses/•Ashley Montagu on touch
▫Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin
•occupational therapy and sensory stimulation▫Jean Ayres Sensory Integration and the
Child
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CoP (Eckert)
•http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/csofp.html
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Project
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Part I: Description of a “Thing”
•Due October 7•20% of the final grade•Maximum 4000 words (about 8 pages)•Assignment
▫Describe thing▫“Justify”▫Embed in social study▫Plan work
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What the “thing” is
•Object type (What kind of an object is it?)•Sensory (What does it look/feel/smell
like?)•Construction (What is it made of?)•Function (What does it do? What is it used
for?)•History/genealogy/origin (Where did it
come from?)•Ecology/situatedness (How does it relate
to people and other objects?)•Social Contexts
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Significance
•Anthropological/Sociological•Is it important?•Who is it important for? (Individuals,
groups, societies)•What does it mean?
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Making sense
•Course material•Approaches•Literature
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Plan
•How will you study it?•Resources•Primary sources•Secondary sources•Research methods
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Description of a Thing
•Write a short descriptive history of your "thing." It is important that this not simply be a standard history of invention (a "who did what when" story). Your history should also consider:
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A) What the "thing" is.
•What kind of object is it? What does it look like? What does it do?
•What is it used for?•This should include a description of:
▫The history or genealogy of your thing - an origin story; where didyour thing come from?
▫The situatedness or familial relations of your thing - a relationship story; how does your thing relate to people and other objects?
▫Describe the social ecology of your thing.
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B) The significance of your "thing."
▫Is this object important? Why? Who is it important for? What does it mean?
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C) A template for making sense of your “thing.”•Choose 1 or 2 articles from the course as
a model for your project. Describe how you think your study will conform or deviate from the model(s) you describe.
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D) How will you study your “thing”?
•Describe the resources you will use to help complete your project; describe primary sources, secondary sources, research methodologies, etc.
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Alex and the Moka Pots
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Moka Pots
• Schnapp topic• Through Myron Joshua• Approaching object• Among favourite objects• Lived with them
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Depictions
•Swiss Clip•French Clip
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Personal Response
•React to presence or depictions•Homeliness•Familiarity•Ritual•Culinary•Europeanness•Nostalgic•Timeless
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Part of my Identity
•Known as user of moka pots▫Expertise▫Influence
•Unusual in context•“Sophisticated yet simple”•CoffeeGeek•Culinary enthusiast
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My Moka Pots
•“Seasoned”•Hard to replace•Coffee smelling•Varied (sizes...)
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Features
•Portable•Light•Sturdy•Inexpensive•Durable•“Low Tech”•Filterless
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Composition/Construction
•Aluminum•Stainless steel versions•“Aluminum scare”
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Variety
•Bialetti models•Sizes (in “demitasse” cups)•Material•Design•Brands•Evolution (Mukka, Brikka…)
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Functioning
•Coffee brewing method•“Instructions” (put water in...)•Internal working (steam pressure…)•Maintenance
▫Proper “Seasoning” ▫“Sacrificial pot”
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Espresso?
•“Poor man’s espresso?”•Not the right amount of pressure•No need for barista experience•Simpler technology•No crema•Different taste•Subpar espresso or superior home drink
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Brikka
•Evolution on Moka Express design•Top-hat widget•Bialetti patent•Crema-like emulsion•Tastes more like espresso•CoffeeGeek forum•Myron Joshua