Object Biographies
Object Biographies is an analytical framework within artifact analysis that traces the historical trajectory, transformations, and contextual meanings of material objects over time, distinguishing itself through its emphasis on the dynamic social lives and human-object entanglements that shape an object’s identity and significance.
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Biography Of Objects
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The cultural biography of objects
Chris Gosden, Yvonne Marshall · World Archaeology · 1999 · 1.1K citations
Biographies of scientific objects
Roger Smith · Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences · 2001 · 614 citations · Full text
Humanities, Astronomy, Topology +5
Reinvigorating object biography: reproducing the drama of object lives
Jody Joy · World Archaeology · 2009 · 266 citations
Biographies of scientific objects
Lorraine Daston · 2000 · 263 citations
Humanities, Astronomy, Topology +5
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Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
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4 publications
58 citations
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
1.1K citations
S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Moscow, Russia
1 h-index
1 publications
614 citations
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
1 h-index
2 publications
22 citations
Max Planck Society
Munich, Germany
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1 publications
263 citations
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Munich, Germany
1 h-index
1 publications
37 citations
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
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1 publications
18 citations
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Berlin, Germany
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1 publications
263 citations
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