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Examining testimonial production in Southern Cone Latin America (Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay), Haunted Objects analyzes how the changed relationship between the subject and the material world influenced the way survivors narrate the stories of their detentions in the wake of the political violence of the 1970s and 80s. It explores descriptions of objects within testimonial narratives and uses these descriptions to inform an analysis of how the objects that survived the violence--items recovered by archeologists from former detention centers, the personal belongings of disappeared peoples, the prison craftwork created by political prisoners during their detention, and the bodies of the second generation children of the disappeared, all join together in memory projects in the post-dictatorship to offer \"spectral testimony\" about the past.

In Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France Marguerite Keane analyzes the artistic and devotional context of the household of a medieval queen, Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398), as revealed through the evidence of her testaments of 1396 and 1398.

Attachments of Life is a documentary about how our belongings alter our lives. The film follows five Albertans with distinctive relationships with their possessions: a collector of classic cars, a senior with hoarding disorder, minimalists living in a tiny house and a woman who has lost her possessions.

The Google Books Ngram Viewer allows researchers to quantify culture across centuries by searching millions of books. This tool was used to test theory-based predictions about implications of an urbanizing population for the psychology of culture. Adaptation to rural environments prioritizes social obligation and duty, giving to other people, social belonging, religion in everyday life, authority relations, and physical activity. Adaptation to urban environments requires more individualistic and materialistic values; such adaptation prioritizes choice, personal possessions, and child-centered socialization in order to foster the development of psychological mindedness and the unique self. The Google Ngram Viewer generated relative frequencies of words indexing these values from the years 1800 to 2000 in American English books. As urban populations increased and rural populations declined, word frequencies moved in the predicted directions. Books published in the United Kingdom replicated this pattern. The analysis established long-term relationships between ecological change and cultural change, as predicted by the theory of social change and human development (Greenfield, 2009).

Although skeptics continue to doubt that most people are \"ideological,\" evidence suggests that meaningful left-right differences do exist and that they may be rooted in basic personality dispositions, that is, relatively stable individual differences in psychological needs, motives, and orientations toward the world. Seventy-five years of theory and research on personality and political orientation has produced a long list of dispositions, traits, and behaviors. Applying a theory of ideology as motivated social cognition and a \"Big Five\" framework, we find that two traits, Openness to New Experiences and Conscientiousness, parsimoniously capture many of the ways in which individual differences underlying political orientation have been conceptualized. In three studies we investigate the relationship between personality and political orientation using multiple domains and measurement techniques, including: self-reported personality assessment; nonverbal behavior in the context of social interaction; and personal possessions and the characteristics of living and working spaces. We obtained consistent and converging evidence that personality differences between liberals and conservatives are robust, replicable, and behaviorally significant, especially with respect to social (vs. economic) dimensions of ideology. In general, liberals are more open-minded, creative, curious, and novelty seeking, whereas conservatives are more orderly, conventional, and better organized.

Determining a ship’s identity is usually based on a critical and integral analysis of several approaches and lines of evidence. Based on Harpster's seminal work, an insight into this endeavour is developed here for the Deltebre I site. The archaeological information obtained since 2008 from the remains of the cargo, hull structure, equipment, and personal possessions, combined with documentary data, helped to address the dating, type, function, and provenance of the vessel. More specifically, we discuss its links with the British ordnance ships Southampton and Magnum Bonum , lost in 1813 at the mouth of the Ebro river, Spain.

A number of archaeological projects and studies have explored how personal possessions or historical objects can be used as a form of therapy, for example by prompting memories.3 Here, however, Nyree Finlay seeks to move beyond archaeology for people with dementia to advance an archaeology of dementia, contributing to a better understanding of the role of material culture in the lives of people living with the condition. A more detailed follow-up analysis based on the most recent register of sites available for the Shanghai municipality, however, suggests the ‘modest’ impact of a 1–2m sea-level rise probably reflects the incomplete recording of archaeological sites for many parts of the Chinese coastline. Moving to the extreme end of current predictions—5m of sea-level rise within 80 years—it is hard to banish the thought that should such a scenario transpire, the submergence of ancient salt-working sites and shell middens may be the least of humanity's problems. By mapping coastal archaeology and highlighting its vulnerability to sea-level rise, and by researching the effects of marine inundation on earlier human societies,7 archaeologists around the world can help to make the potential impact of climate change tangible and therefore amenable to political action.

In this highly illustrated book, David Hinton looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society in Britain in the middle ages, from elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, and provides a fascinating window into the society of the middle ages. Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins is about things worn and used in Britain throughout the M.

Despite having ample possessions, many Western consumers continue to buy new things frenetically. The authors propose an approach to resist shopping temptations and stifle the buying urge: getting consumers to reflect on and evoke a momentary desire for recently used possessions. This research contributes to the anticonsumption literature by theorizing that the desire to consume, like willpower, may function as a limited motivational resource: it becomes depleted upon reflecting about favored personal possessions, leaving less desire for subsequent shopping urges. Across four studies, consumers who reflected on their recently used personal possessions experienced less desire for an unexpectedly encountered product, were less likely to buy impulsively, and expressed a lower willingness to pay for new products. The authors advance anticonsumption theory by broadening its scope. In addition to the previously proposed rejection, restriction, and reclaim strategies to help individuals shrug off marketing overtures and regulate purchasing activity, the authors suggest reflection as a practical intervention for policy makers, consumer advocates, and consumers to encourage prudent consumption.

Over the last 30 years, there have been numerous studies on the archaeological and nautical history of 16th-century shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay. This analysis has instead focused on the surviving personal possessions of the crew and passengers of the 1559–1561 Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition. For this study, a multifaceted analysis concentrated on one specific aspect: religious iconography. Religious iconography offers a brief glimpse into the symbolic and individualistic nature of personal possessions found on 16th-century shipwrecks. Hence, research gathered through intense study of select personal possessions will help contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the material identity of 16th-century vessels. Durante los últimos 30 años, se han realizado numerosos estudios de la historia arqueológica y náutica de los naufragios del siglo XVI en la Bahía de Pensacola. En cambio, el presente análisis se ha centrado en las posesiones personales supervivientes de la tripulación y los pasajeros de la expedición Tristán de Luna y Arellano de los años 1559–1561. Para este estudio, un análisis multifacético se concentró en un aspecto específico: la iconografía religiosa. La iconografía religiosa ofrece un breve vistazo a la naturaleza simbólica e individualista de las posesiones personales que se encuentran en los naufragios del siglo XVI. Por lo tanto, la investigación recopilada a través del estudio intenso de posesiones personales seleccionadas ayudará a contribuir a una comprensión integral de la identidad material de las embarcaciones del siglo XVI. Au cours des 30 dernières années, de nombreuses études ont été réalisées sur l’histoire archéologique et nautique des épaves du 16ème siècle dans la Baie de Pensacola. Cette analyse s’est au contraire attachée aux possessions personnelles qui nous sont parvenues de l’équipage et des passagers de l’expédition Tristán de Luna y Arellano entre 1559 et 1561. Pour cette étude, une analyse aux facettes multiples s’est concentrée sur un aspect spécifique: l’iconographie religieuse. L’iconographie religieuse offre un bref aperçu de la nature symbolique et individualiste des possessions personnelles découvertes sur les épaves du 16ème siècle. Ainsi, la recherche constituée grâce à une étude approfondie d’une sélection de possessions personnelles permettra de contribuer à une connaissance exhaustive de l’identité matérielle des vaisseaux du 16ème siècle.