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session 6: Human-Object interaction, 7A0DD474-0796-45F7-8C28-742CA88B0476,…
session 6: Human-Object interaction
material culture
aspect of a social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people
usage, consumption, creation and trade of objects
behaviours norms and rituals that objects take part in
clothes, machines, utensils, weapons and many other objects made or altered by humans
Brancusi's sculpture
material culture studies
interdisciplinary
examines the relationship between people and their things
making, history, preservation and interpretation
Egyptians
people make objects but objects makes people too
Possesions and rituals
Egyptians
remember by their objects
60 000 years ago
only thing that preserved
Cognitive psychology
the way in which people acquire, process and store information
SMT
LMT (long time)
though our senses
average of 7 per person
Design ethnography
Qualitative research set within a design context
offers reference about people's life
practices, dreams...
every object gives a lot of information
Polynesian shell maps
LaTour
object as a container of information
objective
object as a container of meaning
subjective
how people understand objects
engagement ring
Reference materials
Polinesian shell map
no written language
local materials
explained how to navigate
Brancusi
US didn't see his sculpture as art because didn't follow their definition
had to go through court
ring
marriage and loyalty
Cabinets of curiosities
Origin of collecting
pleases people visually, entretainment, show off and imagination
we are collectors when we buy
our room is a cabinet of curiosities
Design factors
