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Mystery Object #3: Snow Globes
I have a small collection of souvenirs collected on a shelf in my office. I they are not personal souvenirs, but a teaching collection that I use in a class I teach on the anthropology of travel:...
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Among Warm Objects
Yesterday I spent a few hours walking around the Junk Bonanza a twice-yearly gathering of antique dealers, vintage vendors, knicknack merchants, and junk hounds. The location couldn’t have been more...
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“Moroccan” (Tourist) Things
Filed under: Collecting, Material Culture, Photo Essays, Representation, Souvenirs, Tourism Tagged: Morocco, Orientalism, souvenir, tourism, tourist experience, travel
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Mystery Object #8: Commemorative Flask Keychain
I can think of no better souvenir of a place of natural beauty like Big Sur than a vintage, commemorative, flask keychain shining with reflections of American heritage. A keychain. For car keys. For a...
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