Capelán Köhler, Annika | FIBRE FORMATIONS : wool as an anthropological site

Denna antropologiska avhandling utforskar relationer mellan människor, material och natur genom studier av ull och dess kulturella betydelse.

• Fibre formations: wool as an anthropological site utforskar relationer mellan människor och material.

• Thesen belyser kolonialism och globala utbyten genom ullens historia.

• Utgiven som häftat band, 2017.

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Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Media-Tryck
ISBN: 9789177532026
Bokserie: Lund Monographs in Social Anthropology

Omfång: 280 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2017-04-24

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What do I touch when I touch my Merino wool sweater? This thesis is an anthropological response to this question. Through ethnographic details on woolwork on the South American grasslands, it describes fibre formations where wool turns into a part of larger wholes. A small piece of wool conveys much more than we may first think: colonialism, global exchange, international standardizations, artistic practices, laboratory science, the dynamics of regional ecosystems, birds in danger of extinction, indigenous identities, industrial manufacturing, farmers’ lives, and artisan crafting – this can be illuminated through ethnographic fieldwork. This thesis revolves around wool but also around anthropological debates on fieldwork methodologies when analyzing relations between people, things, and natures.

What do I touch when I touch my Merino wool sweater? This thesis is an anthropological response to this question. Through ethnographic details on woolwork on the South American grasslands, it describes fibre formations where wool turns into a part of larger wholes. A small piece of wool conveys much more than we may first think: colonialism, global exchange, international standardizations, artistic practices, laboratory science, the dynamics of regional ecosystems, birds in danger of extinction, indigenous identities, industrial manufacturing, farmers’ lives, and artisan crafting – this can be illuminated through ethnographic fieldwork. This thesis revolves around wool but also around anthropological debates on fieldwork methodologies when analyzing relations between people, things, and natures.

Fibre formations av Annika Capelán Köhler hittar du under Kulturantropologi och socialantropologi inom Samhällsvetenskaper | Sociologi | Antropologi i huvudkategorin Politik | Samhälle.

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