Remaking the world
Subtitle: modeling in human experience
By: James Roy King.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Urbana; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Models and modelmaking.
Description: Modeling - building, operating, collecting models of all kinds - involves people from many walks of life. From "folk" to highly trained professionals, from skilled artisans to dreamers, modeling is an important means of self-expression and of contact with and understanding of the world.

In Remaking the World, James Roy King weaves together strands of thought creating a tapestry that mirrors John Dewey's pragmatism of sufficiencies. King uses the concept of activity sets - relatively stable combinations of activities that characterize every large-scale human enterprise - to explain how modeling can help people make sense of the world around them.

The author also looks at working with small sizes and dealing with a variety of technical details, problems related to collecting and displaying models, and their commercial and aesthetic aspects. Appendixes give information about manufacturers of kits and modeling organizations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-278) and index.