Meaningful materialism : collectors relationship to their objects

The shared language, attitudes, practices and patterns of those who participate in “collecting" in the lower mainland area of British Columbia are described. Recurring themes and patterns emerge in the analysis of data obtained through interviews with thirty collector-informants. The generalizability of collecting as a phenomenon which exists outside of what is being collected is established. Collectors' roles as curators and the serious and consuming aspects of collecting, including the cycles of collecting, affection and sentiment held toward collected objects, and the strategies and approaches to the process of collecting are discussed. Propositions set out by previous researchers Belk, Danet and Katriel are examined in light of the data. Implications for museum studies and museum education specifically, are considered.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education - EdD

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art Education

Grantor dc:publisher

University of British Columbia

Year dc:date

1992

Author dc:creator

• Kremer, Roberta A.

Statement dc:rights

• For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1828

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/1828