Defense of Material Culture

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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