These objects are a technology of memory, serving as a medium to symbolize and express the concept of childhood for many adults. The meaning of these artefacts is reinforced in the wider culture through the constant construction of childhood through individual and collective attitudes, behaviours and...
To be sure, the collections the viewer gazes upon in the series are personal and familial. For the most part, they present repositories of relics that symbolize private memories and experiences. It is nonetheless critical to recognize the (potentially) historically extractive and exclusive practices...
Outside our house today it has been rainingcats and dogs. That’s what my Daddy, the king of pithy expressions, would say. Kitty and I are inside for the duration, but I do not mind at all. It almost never rains for hours in Knoxville, so a miracle is happening when itreallyrains....
Objects related to childhood and youth, beloved people, and happy events accumulate positive emotions that are important for harmonious living. These objects and even their names serve as a source of psychic activity creating “a home inside the house” (Csikszentmihalyi and Rochberg-Halton 133). ...