La sala del hogar como contexto objetal: planteamiento de una categoría para el estudio de la cultura material

Abstract

In this article, arises the concept of object context, as a relational category for the study of material culture. The definition of the concept is based on an analysis of two cases of organization of the space in the house known as «living room», the place of social gathering for the home itself. The analysis aimed at identifying the meanings, knowledge (savoirs) or cultural values materialized and reproduced by the objects located in the living room and their relation with the inhabitants of the house. The text shows that the features and complexities of object contexts of the living room put the materiality in relation with cultural forms to build an everyday life and the way to represent one’s own existence in the social world.