Post on 22-Jul-2015
Defense of Material Culture Erik R. Bauer, MA
But, what about…
http://businessvalueexchange.com/fr/2014/07/30/le-happy-meal-se-commande-plus-vite-en-france/
With permission from the Peabody Institute Library Peabody, MA.
Image from i09.com http://io9.com/what-teachers-are-telling-kids-about-climate-change-1597062923
https://revolutionarywaranthony.wikispaces.com/Battle+of+Saratoga
http://impact.blog.thepattersonfoundation.org/kenny-irbe-discusses- photographing-conflict-as-part-of-the-ringlings-witness-to-war-exhibition/
Connecting material culture from the past to the present
http://www.zona57.com/tag/graffiti/page/5/
Experience Music Project - Seattle, WA
• Yes Yes Y'all: The Birth of Hip-Hop
• Provides context between the music, New York and time
• Provided objects that could be touched
• Connecting the past with the present
https://americansabor.org/musicians/styles/hip-hop
Photos from “The Recycled Orchestra” exhibit - Cateura, ParaguayMusical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ
Small scale big results
Local History Resource Center at the Peabody Institute Library
With permission from the Peabody Institute Library Peabody, MA.
Context
• 2011 - roof truss broke
• 3 years of renovations
• Office off of the Teen Room
• Accessioning Tax records
• Teens mostly ignored me.
• Yet something happened
• They got curious
• Tax records
• Poll Tax
• Photographs & Postcards
With permission from the Peabody Institute Library Peabody, MA.
Center School, Peabody, MA
@hipster818
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