Contando a história de um objeto: o porta- caneta sarcófago

Abstract

The objects we carry say about ourselves and the society that produced and consume it, because it is loaded with meanings that can be read and interpreted. Considering specific areas of knowledge, objects can tell us different things. In this text, however, we intend to read an object in a transdisciplinary perspective. Do not dwell on a specific theory, but deepen the reading of the object by applied theory. (MacGregor, 2013), anthropology (Miller), literature (Lobato, 2014), semiotics (Niemeyer, 2003) and design (Forty, 2007). ). Methodologically, it traces the history of the object, a sarcophagus-shaped pen holder, starting from its choice for this analysis, through approaches on the name, formal and material characteristics, the contextualization and trajectory of the object besides a discussion different value categories. With this, the object is presented under different prisms in its material and immaterial dimensions enabling a reading of society and the individual carrying objects.