This paper argues that the material and presentational forms of photographs are central to their meaning as images. Drawing on work from the anthropology of material culture, it explores the significance of the materiality of ethnographic photographs as socially salient objects. The argument suggests that, while the analytical focus has been on the semiotic and iconographical in the representat...

The current rural geography is at a crossroads of theoretical options. Geographical studies on processes change usually have social perspective, based the loss traditional populations and immigration new populations, analysis social-territorial conflicts between locals newcomers. Rematerializing through experimental materiality an interesting option to revitalize geography. process recovering h...

Introduction: The book is a symbolic object or “semiophore”, which denotes its condition of being “beyond information”, involving, in addition, materiality and institutionality. Objective: To map authors, works themes related tangent to the subject “book’s materiality” scope information science. Methodology: A mapping thematic coverage was carried out national international databases, then, tex...

In the wider professional community gathered around notion of archaeological heritage, there is an undisputed consensus that material traces have to be preserved for research, education and presentation, present future generations. However, climate change, pollution, intensive urbanization other perils a significant source risk remains in their original settings. Additionally, evidence may form...