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WHAT IS MATERIAL CULTURE? This course will introduce the student to different disciplinary, interdisciplinary and theoretical discussions of Material Culture. It will also focus on empirical examples of what material culture may constitute and we will be looking at topics from the built environment to the body. It is important to remember that material culture also has a strong historical component and as such, any socio-cultural and political discussion of material culture is also entangled with the historical. What this course is NOT about is materials - we are not studying the properties of materials. This course will also concentrate more on the everyday, and everyday spaces and objects. For this year, we will pay attention to the material culture of the pandemic world and how we might begin to perceive the world around us, our futures differently. What material objects have become prominent, important in your life, what spaces have you missed - what has fallen away in ...