Oral Histories and Design
Objects and Subjects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5834076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Sandino (University of the Arts London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 275-282 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Design History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-4649 • E-ISSN: 1741-7279 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jdh/epl022 |
| OpenAlex | W2086475749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
In the opening of what has become the key text for anyone embarking on the study and practice of oral history, the social historian Paul Thompson states: 'All history depends ultimately upon its social purpose'.2 Is there a social purpose to studying the history of design, and if so, what is it? The discipline studies objects and practices and their modes of production and consumption in order to understand the society in which they functioned. Such studies are seen to provide access to social systems and communities of the past, in Carolyn Steedman's apt phrase, the historian's 'craft is to conjure a social system from a nutmeg grater'.3 Interviews have now become a standard method for eliciting information about objects as diverse as fridge magnets, cross-stitching, Second-hand Cultures and laptops.4 Oral history, on the other hand, focuses on people in order to understand them as subjects in
Craft · Oral history · Phrase · Social History · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |