A Sense of Place: A Study of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Material Culture within the Public Historic Site of The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga

Date2024DescriptionFrom the author's Abstract:
This thesis examines the material culture of a public historic space, assessing how the meanings embedded in objects may develop more nuanced narratives in the house museum.

The material culture in this thesis is part of the collection of The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga, a house museum in Tauranga, New Zealand. The museum offers a history of Māori settlement, bi-cultural relations between Māori and Pākehā, the Land Wars and the changing socio-cultural landscape of Tauranga from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga is largely comprised of original objects of the successive residents. My research focused on three art forms: an Aeolian harp, a crazy quilt, and a carved picture frame. Art is a medium through which people express who they are; by studying the material culture of The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga, we recognise the larger events, social patterns, and cultural trends that impacted individual lives. Through these items, we may compare the cultural ideals with the more complex realities of residents’ lives, noting the tensions, reconfigurations, and nuances as cultural practices were transported, adopted and adapted within the imperial context.CreatorStegen, ElisabethFormatWord ProcessedPublication history/Serial title historyA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at The University of WaikatoExtentvi, 174 pagesPhysical DescriptionNo physical copy held.LanguageEnglishSourcesA sense of Place: A study of nineteenth and twentieth century material culture within the public historic site of The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga

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