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Material Culture

This page showcases research in the field of material culture by UC Art History & Theory staff and afiliates. Explore the different projects, many of which are rich and detailed sites for research.  

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Selling China to New Zealand

New Zealander Rewi Alley’s connection to the highest levels of China’s communist leadership, including Chairman Mao, helped establish the most extensive collection of Chinese art in New Zealand.
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Illumination and Commemoration

A collection over one hundred lantern slides document the work of Samuel Hurst Seager, architect of New Zealand’s First World War battlefield memorials between 1920 and 1925.
Demolition of Robertsons Bakery September_8_2010
Things Change: Art and Material Culture in Post-quake Christchurch

This project seeks to draw together a number of perspectives that consider Christchurch’s art and material culture in the context of a transformed Christchurch
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Books in the City

This project investigates the relationships between books and urban city spaces.