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A Tin Bath, a Cooking Pot, and a Pencil Holder

Object–Self Dialogue in Educational Research

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Object Medleys

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Objects are an integral part of our surroundings and, as people, we interact with them for their everyday use or aesthetic appeal.

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Starr, L.J., Rasool, Z., Raissadat, H., Pillay, D. (2017). A Tin Bath, a Cooking Pot, and a Pencil Holder. In: Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I. (eds) Object Medleys. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-194-0_8

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