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World History - Material Culture (1500-1900)

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AAH1009

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

The purpose of this module is to introduce students to World History through material culture. The main objects and configurations of material culture, from the body as commodity to cowries as money, will be analysed in this course. Food, drinks, drugs, fabrics, dress, houses, furniture, interior decoration, urban planning and gardens structure a diversified programme. The circulation of objects around the world, in some cases under different materials and forms, will open the way to consider cultural exchange between different civilisations, meaning forms of transfer, contamination, adaptation and refusal.

Assessment details

1 x 1,500-word formative essay;  1 x 3,000-word essay (100%)

Teaching pattern

10 x 2-hour seminar (weekly)

Subject areas

Department

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