Unobtrusive Measures Start Assignment
Where and when was this item (or group of items) produced?
What do you know abo ut the society in which it was produced?
What kinds of people made the object you are analyzing? How7
Who used it7
How was it sold or distributed7
Did different people use the object in different kinds of ways? How?
How was the meaning of the object transformed in different
contexts7
What kinds of personal meanings might the objects have had, as
well as larger social meanings7
What kinds of things were used in similar ways7
What are the economic and political systems in which the items
were produced?