This thesis concerns collecting, an activity that, although widespread, is often misunderstood; an activity that is frequently treated with mild amusement as the harmless province of ecentrics, and, more seriously, as an antisocial or even an unhealthy pursuit. The thesis considers the question of why collectors do what they do. How can collecting be explained? Why do people collect what they collect in the way they collect it? Two independent discourse types are used to address the question: a fictional artefact and an exegetical study. / Thesis (PhDSocialScience)--University of South Australia, 2008.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/266949 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Bloomfield, Robert J. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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