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Material Culture

12 December 2023

UC Art History and Theory staff and their affiliates research material culture. From battlefield memorials to books in urban spaces, explore our projects, many of which provide rich, 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.

Illumination and Commemoration

Illumination & Commemoration is a digital repository for the UC Department of Art History and Theory lantern slides which document New Zealand’s First World War battlefield memorials designed architect Samuel Hurst Seager.

Books in the City

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

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