Archaeologists’ Log of the Hoard Discovery
An accident at MIT leads to a nuclear explosion in Cambridge, MA in the Summer of 2008. The greater Boston area is reduced to rubble. In October of 2812, a … Continue reading
Pinterest Board on Tween Cultures
Pinterest Board on Tween Cultures
This pinterest board represents some of the tween visual cultures we examined in our project.
In-process images of the Hoard from start to finish by Karie Edwards
These images show the amazing photography and installation processes of Edwards in creating dusty, glittering treasure prized by pre-teen girls and stashed away in a subway storage locker to be … Continue reading
Girl Zone: Art Ed and Girl Studies
GIrl Zone: Art Ed and Girl Studies
Check out this interesting visual collage from pinterest “of interest to Feminists, women, girls, families. civil society advocates, educators, NAEA Women’s Caucus, etc.”!
Bullying Contexts (as reference points for hoarding/burying)
Within our project, we crafted a narrative that used gang-like aggression as a parallel for medieval battles. We imagined that one group of girls had stolen and stashed the precious … Continue reading
Hoarding and Other Hoards
Buried treasure. Few words illicit such a clear picture. Piles of gold chains pouring over mountains of coin, all twinkling and ready for the taking. Objects from early medieval hoards … Continue reading
Draft Inventory List of Tween Hoard Items
dolls (maybe 1 or 2) Jewelry: charm bracelets, charms, necklace pendants (Mother Mary, crosses, promise rings, chastity jewelry, WWJD, could be Swiss army knives – pink/ razor blade necklaces…) Diaries … Continue reading
Welcome to Violent Remains: Past, Present, and Future
In October of 2812, a team of archeologists from Oxford begin excavations at the site of South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. Wearing hazmat suits to protect against radioactivity, layers of … Continue reading
Violent Remains:The South Station Hoard 