A Lego snowmobile and the elements of miniaturization

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ID2247659
AuthorsJack Davy (Collaborative Doctoral Award, jointly supervised by the Department of Anthropology at University College London and the British Museum. His work examines miniaturization as a material culture process, with a focus on the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest. He previously held the position of Assistant for North America at the British Museum from 2008 to 2013., corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume31
Issue6
Pages8-11
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8322.12210
OpenAlexW2182327967
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited11

Miniature objects are part of our everyday lives, but it is rare that we interrogate them effectively. This article uses a toy Lego snowmobile as an example with which to explore the three technical elements which comprise miniaturization and the ways they can obscure the toy's relationship with the serious contemporary issue of Arctic mineral exploitation

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Miniaturization · Nanotechnology · The arctic · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Materials Science · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology

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