Wandlungen des Sammelns

Susanne Friedrich, Jana Mangold and Susanne Rau (eds.)
Wandlungen des Sammelns
Praktiken, Wissen, Anordnungen – Ein Reader
transcript publishing house, 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3960-5
418 pages
39 EUR

Collecting is to be understood as a cultural technique that has various synchronous forms and is subject to constant diachronic change. Collections are the result of specific practices: In their epistemological and aesthetic arrangement, they reflect the cultural orders and topographies of their time, whereby they form and shape spaces of knowledge. The authors of this reader focus on collection-related knowledge and cultural histories and thus establish interdisciplinary cultural studies research on collections – an innovative approach that makes the connections between collections and cultural history visible from multiple perspectives.