Why Ordinary Objects Become Cultural Icons
In short: An exploration of how everyday artifacts, from television props to trophies, transform into powerful vessels of collective memory and cultural identity.
A 1:31 short film in the series “The Collector's Mind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History), “Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series”; Victoria and Albert Museum, “Strings attached: David Bowie’s puppets · V&A”; Taylor & Francis, “Materialising music worlds: heritage-as-praxis in everyday music objects and vernacular memories”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Springer (Synthese), “What is the extension of the extended mind?”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, “Things to think with: words and objects as material symbols”; Smithsonian Magazine, “How Did Smithsonian Curators Pack 200 Years of African-American Culture in One Exhibition?”; Smithsonian Institution, “Smithsonian Chronicles American History Through 101 Objects”.
Sources used in this film
- Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History) — Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series · View →
- Victoria and Albert Museum — Strings attached: David Bowie’s puppets · V&A · View →
- Taylor & Francis — Materialising music worlds: heritage-as-praxis in everyday music objects and vernacular memories · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Springer (Synthese) — What is the extension of the extended mind? · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B — Things to think with: words and objects as material symbols · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — How Did Smithsonian Curators Pack 200 Years of African-American Culture in One Exhibition? · View →
- Smithsonian Institution — Smithsonian Chronicles American History Through 101 Objects · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History): Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series
- Also: Victoria and Albert Museum: Strings attached: David Bowie’s puppets · V&A
- Also: Taylor & Francis: Materialising music worlds: heritage-as-praxis in everyday music objects and vernacular memories
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Springer (Synthese): What is the extension of the extended mind?
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) / Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Things to think with: words and objects as material symbols
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: How Did Smithsonian Curators Pack 200 Years of African-American Culture in One Exhibition?
- Also: Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Chronicles American History Through 101 Objects
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