Objects in the world and objects in museums

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  • Eva Silvén-Garnert

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https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3726

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A growing number of museums nowadays collect objects directly from the society of today, from people's homes and places of work. These objects carry with them rich contextual information about how they have been used and arranged, for both practical and symbolic purposes. But when they enter the museum collections their primary and secondary identities seem to change place, and Daddy's birthday present turns into a pair of stockings. 

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