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A Lego snowmobile and the elements of miniaturization
Author(s) -
Davy Jack
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12210
Subject(s) - miniaturization , the arctic , nanotechnology , computer science , history , aesthetics , epistemology , art , philosophy , geology , materials science , oceanography
Miniature objects are part of our everyday lives, but it is rare that we interrogate them effectively. This article uses a toy Lego snowmobile as an example with which to explore the three technical elements which comprise miniaturization and the ways they can obscure the toy's relationship with the serious contemporary issue of Arctic mineral exploitation.