![]() But since you’ve stuck around this long – bear with me just a little bit more. But that’s not what you’re here for is it? Here are this week’s favourite things. So the idea of reading an artifact really made sense to me. In that sense, using a Ford Model T as an example – I’d likely get more from reading a manual or some other book about it, while others would learn the most by being able to take the car apart and put it back together. I tend to be a traditional learner – I enjoy reading and writing and often find that more beneficial than other experiences, so I very much admire people who can work in spacial and tactile ways without difficulty. I strongly believe that intelligence goes deeper than book smarts and that there are many different kinds of intelligence, so this idea really appealed to me. One of my favourite quotes has always been the Einstein one about how everyone is a genius, but if you ask a fish to climb a tree he’ll spend forever thinking he’s stupid. Despite this, it’s important to remember that objects do have finite meaning though we often think in terms of infinite possibilities due to the uncertainties that come with our discipline.Īnother thing which struck me as absolutely true, perhaps in a sense much wider than material artifact analysis, was that artifacts can be read just as intensely as books. The point is, everybody looks at things differently based on their own knowledge and expertise. Maybe the simplest answer is always the best answer. Perhaps we only came up with the answer so quickly because of our, ahem, more recent experience with such items. Another group he had showed it to, full of PhDs and other various “experts” decided after lengthy discussion that it was definitely an ecclesiastical object. Turns out though, that’s what it was! Likely from the 1970s (approximately), it was a cup on a necklace that allowed you to carry your beverage of choice around with you while freeing your hands for other activities – the word “Swinger” featured prominently in the title. So, when David showed us a tacky transparent purple glass, slightly tapered at the top, with a shiny chrome chain attached, we all laughed when Erica and Jess immediately thought of the shot glasses you can buy that come on necklaces. ![]() One of the points I found the most interesting was that while items – functional or decorative – are often made with unconscious cultural meanings that can tell us more about certain aspects of society than conscious expressions (an informative text for example), we also impose our own unconscious cultural values on our analysis of objects. It was a lot of fun, even when we found out that a couple unfortunate souls rolled rectal diolators (the first time that was said, I was sure I heard rectal violators) around in their hands for five minutes. I think my favourite part was when we had to close our eyes and analyze artifacts with only our hands. Our public history class had a material artifact workshop in the UWO Medical Artifact collection this morning led by David Pantalony, the curator of physical sciences at the Museum of Science and Technology. So on the premise that you can leave now if you don’t care as much about my food as I do, I’m going to share them here. But – you’ve all made a choice to be here, to be reading this blog. But what to do with these photos? I don’t have an iPhone and so I can’t use the usual outlet, instagram I lack the complete loss of inhibition required to flood my twitter and facebook feeds with pictures of my food. And like a true child of my generation, I take pictures of most of my food before I eat it – I don’t even feel ashamed anymore. Unfortunately, I lack the resources here in Winnipeg to cook to my hearts content, but there are not shortages of excellent eateries and establishments which are more than happy to take my money and give me deliciousness in return. I find it soothing and relaxing and in some cases I’m even damn good at it. Not only do I like to eat food, but I also like to prepare it – cooking, baking, all of it. My solution to all of life’s problems is almost always food-related. ![]() ![]() My eating habits sometimes even border are very unhealthy, in the sense that I not only eat my emotions but also my boredom and often my thirst. I just enjoy food – all kinds of food – all the time. ![]()
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