| Title | On Hoards |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Project Introduction |
| Contributor | Carlee A. Bradbury (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0085.1.02 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-south-station-hoard/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Copyright | Bradbury, Carlee A. |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2014-12-27 |
| Long abstract | This collaborative arts research project compares the landmark discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork discovered in 2009, with an imagined hoard from present day pre-adolescent girls. We constructed a subterranean installation, generated speculative historical documents, collected and embellished social networking “artifacts,” and photographed the entire process. In addition to dealing with the notion of a medieval hoard as a signifier of a medieval warrior as both hero and anti-hero, we address contemporary issues relating to gender, youth culture, bullying, adolescent development, iconicity, status symbols, and additional contemporary tween issues. |
| Page range | pp. 9–17 |
| Print length | 9 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |