Abstract
The objective of this paper is to present and discuss a research on objects as educational and cultural analysers, undertaken with a sample of 154 university students in Spain. The participants were asked both to choose five key objects representing their lives and to write short stories about the objects selected and its meaning regarding learning, identity and culture. Firstly, I will discuss the importance of objects from a social and cultural point of view. Then, I will mention the general framework of biographical work that oriented this research. I will describe the concrete activity of object selection and the different oral and written working methods related to them. To illustrate the activity, I will present some cases, including the written comments of the selected objects. Finally, I will comment on the perspectives arising from this activity with the aim of understanding the generational, social, cultural and formative contexts of young people as well as the contributions of this research to biographical work in training, formal education, adult education and cultural fields.
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