- "Material culture is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people."
The study of the material objects and technologies created and used by human societies, including tools, clothing, art, and architecture.
Anthropology: The study of human societies, cultures, and their development through a holistic perspective, including the analysis of material culture.
Archaeology: The scientific study of human history and prehistory through the excavation and analysis of artifacts, structures, and other physical remains.
Artifacts: Physical objects created, used, or modified by human beings that reveal insights into their cultures, behaviors, beliefs, and environments.
Consumer Culture: The social and economic system in which people's identities, desires, and values are shaped and expressed by their consumption of goods and services.
Fashion: The cultural and social expression of style, clothing, and accessories as personal and collective statements about identity, status, and economy in different historical and contemporary contexts.
Heritage: The memories, traditions, customs, and artifacts that are preserved and transmitted across generations as valuable and significant expressions of a collective identity and history.
Museums: Institutions that collect, preserve, interpret, and display material culture and natural history for educational, research, and public purposes.
Technology: The practical and theoretical knowledge, skills, and tools that human beings use to design, create, modify, and apply artifacts and other physical products for diverse purposes and functions.
- "It includes the usage, consumption, creation, and trade of objects as well as the behaviors, norms, and rituals that the objects create or take part in."
- "Some scholars also include other intangible phenomena that include sound, smell and events, while some even consider language and media as part of it."
- "The term is most commonly used in archaeological and anthropological studies, to define material or artifacts as they are understood in relation to specific cultural and historic contexts, communities, and belief systems."
- "Material culture can be described as any object that humans use to survive, define social relationships, represent facets of identity, or benefit peoples' state of mind, social, or economic standing."
- "Material culture is contrasting to symbolic culture, which includes nonmaterial symbols, beliefs, and social constructs."
- "The scholarly analysis of material culture, which can include both human-made and natural or altered objects, is called material culture studies."
- "It tells of the relationships between people and their things: the making, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects."
- "It draws on both theory and practice from the social sciences and humanities such as art history, archaeology, anthropology, history, historic preservation, folklore, archival science, literary criticism, and museum studies, among others." Note: As an AI language model, my responses are generated based on the information provided in your question. I do not have real-time access to the paragraph you posted.