Tag: Tangible Things
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Nation & World
Century-old tortilla chip in a Harvard collection
Harvard has been collecting things for a long time, probably beginning with the donation of a library by its namesake, John Harvard…
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Nation & World
Objects of instruction
Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and some of Harvard’s leading faculty convened at Harvard Hall on Friday (April 1) to participate in “Teaching with Collections,” a discussion of the University’s treasures and their use in the classroom.
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Nation & World
Putting things in their place
Two professors shake up Harvard’s museum collections with a new course and exhibit that aim to challenge the ways in which tangible things are classified in traditional categories.
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Nation & World
Hide and seek
A new Harvard exhibit aims to challenge how things are categorized by delving into the University’s vast museum and archival collections.