The Everyday Artefacts of World Politics

Download or read book The Everyday Artefacts of World Politics written by Caitlin Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines everyday artefacts of world politics: the things that everyday people make that tell stories about how the world works. The author argues that people engage in a unique form of multimodal storytelling about the world, their place in the world, and the world they want to live in through the artefacts that they make. Introducing a novel approach to artefactual analysis, the book explores textiles, jewellery, and pottery, and urges scholars of global politics to take these artefacts seriously. Based on original research, this book is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on concepts and approaches from across the humanities and social sciences, including archaeology, history, sociology, world politics, anthropology, and material studies. It will therefore be of interest to a wide range of readers.