 | The Everyday Artefacts of World Politics Subjects: Humanities; Language & Literature; Politics & International Relations; Comparative Politics; International Politics; Politics & Technology; Cultural Studies; Literature; Politics & the Media; Popular Culture; Film & Politics; Internet Politics; Interdisciplinary Literary Studies; This book examines everyday artefacts of world politics: the things that everyday people make that tell stories about how the world works. The author argues that people engage in a unique form of multimodal storytelling about the world, their place in the world, and the world they want to live in through the artefacts that they make. Introducing a novel approach to artefactual analysis, the book explores textiles, jewellery, and pottery, and urges scholars of global politics to take these artefacts seriously. Based on original research, this book is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on concepts and approaches from across the humanities and social sciences, including archaeology, history, sociology, world politics, anthropology, and material studies. It will therefore be of interest to a wide range of readers. Caitlin Hamilton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Gender, Justice and Security at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is also the Managing Editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs . Previous publications include Civil Society, Care Labour, and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (2021, with Anuradha Mundkur and Laura J. Shepherd), Understanding Popular Culture and World Politics in the Digital Age (2016, co-edited with Laura J. Shepherd) and Popular Culture and World Politics: Theories, Methods, Pedagogies (2015, co-edited with Federica Caso). |
