Modeling - building, operating, collecting models of all kinds - involves people from many walks of life. From "folk" to highly trained professionals, from skilled artisans to dreamers, modeling is an important means of self-expression and of contact with and understanding of the world. In Remaking the World, James Roy King weaves together strands of thought creating a tapestry that mirrors John Dewey's pragmatism of sufficiencies. King uses the concept of activity sets - relatively stable combinations of activities that characterize every large-scale human enterprise - to explain how modeling can help people make sense of the world around them. The author also looks at working with small sizes and dealing with a variety of technical details, problems related to collecting and displaying models, and their commercial and aesthetic aspects. Appendixes give information about manufacturers of kits and modeling organizations.
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THE COMPARATIVELY NEW FIELD known as "anthropology of experience" studies how individuals relate to their cultures, participate in cultural expressions of beliefs and values, author themselves, and ensure that attention is paid to their activity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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THE COMPARATIVELY NEW FIELD known as "anthropology of experience" studies how individuals relate to their cultures, participate in cultural expressions of beliefs and values, author themselves, and ensure that attention is paid to their activity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ship modeler, ship modeling, model aeronautics, many modelers, collecting models, garden railways, architectural modeling, model railroader, toy theater, most modelers, airplane kits, plastic kits, silver models, ship models, model railroading Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, John Dewey, Deutsches Museum, Science Museum, Franklin Mint, Newport News, American Museum of Natural History, Queen Mary, Susan Stewart, Carl Akeley, John Allen, Mexico City, Native American, James Opie, Middle Ages, Nutshell News, Robert Schleicher, Thorne Rooms, Academy of Model Aeronautics, Alexander Girard, Ancient Modeler, Balsa Foam, Bank of England New!
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- Art as Experience by John Dewey on page 28, page 195, and Back Matter
- The Sacred Grove: Essays on Museums by Sidney Dillon Ripley on page 104, page 110, and Back Matter
- World Of William Clissold, The (2 Volumes)) (BCL1-PR English Literature) by Herbert George Wells on page 10, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Plumed Serpent (Dodo Press) by D H Lawrence on page 219, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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