A Lego snowmobile and the elements of miniaturization |
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| Authors: | Jack Davy |
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| Affiliation: | 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. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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