material culture 
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1/31/2021
Hidden in Plain Sight: History Teaching Needs to Take Advantage of Art and Material Culture
by Elizabeth Stice
"Where there is passion, people will pursue the past. A sneakerhead can tell you about the innovations in Air Jordans over the years and oftentimes quite a bit about the economic and cultural context of each shoe. Art and material culture can lead people to their own study of the past."
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
12/8/2020
America’s Most Hated Garment
Atlantic writer Amanda Mull turns to fashion historians Marley Healy and Valerie Steele to place the growing social acceptance of sweatpants in a pattern of clothing standards changing in response to cultural influences and social conditions.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/30/2020
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation
Journalist and photographer Richard Frishman examines traces of segregation and racial exclusion in the built environment of the US.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/16/2020
Academy Museum Gives Debbie Reynolds Her Due as a Costume Conservator
For reasons likely including institiutionalized sexism, costumes have been a neglected part of the preservation of cinematic history. The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures hopes to work with the late Debbie Reynolds's son to change that.
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SOURCE: Atlas Obscura
11/17/2020
How to Recreate Your Lost Family Recipes, According to Historians and Chefs
Chefs and historians of food cultures are working to build public understanding of the history of immigration and the African diaspora through knowledge of cooking and eating practices.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10/18/2020
A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction
Jeweler Lafayette Cornwall collected the autographs of the most famous figures of his time, including Melville, Houdini, Edison, Mark Twain and Sarah Bernhardt.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/29/2020
Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for Your Booze Stash
A look inside the subculture of "dusty hunters," collectors of old-stock liquor. Usually this means finding discontinued brands in the back of a liquor store, but sometimes it means buying a legendary film director's supply.
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SOURCE: Nursing Clio
6/24/2020
Makers of Living, Breathing History: The Material Culture of Homemade Facemasks
by Erika L. Briesacher
Material culture centers objects as historical documents that can be read like a text; whether highlighting the physical piece or searching for the biography behind it, this approach reveals complex sociocultural behavior.
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