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HIST 416 Material History in Canada Units: 3.00
Introduction to the basics of material history analysis focussing on the 'stuff' of everyday life in Canada, and how it has shaped Canadian identities and cultures since 1900. The main goal is to show students how artifacts can inform and enrich historical inquiry by integrating methodological frameworks from archaeology, anthropology, etc.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand and explain the importance of the physical and material elements of life in the history of Canada.
- Analyze the sociological and historical importance of objects in Canadian History and in the daily lives of Canadians.
- Outline, plan and apply material history analytical methods individually and in group work.
- Dissect the phenomenological aspects of Canadians’ historical interactions with the material world in the past to today.
- Integrate and apply material history analysis into more typical social history methods of research.