Material World: A Global Family Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871564300 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dienne said A wealth of knowledge and understanding. When I first went to Accra, Ghana about seven years ago, I was surprised to find it was a modern city with glassy high-rise buildings, an extensive network of paved roads, restaurants, hotels, etc. I don't know what I was expecting - a country full of mud . We love looking at this book when we are studying specific We love looking at this book when we are studying specific countries in our homeschool geography class. My six year old son loves to sit with me as I read to him about the families in each place and how they live. It's amazing to me to see all of these dif. "At least as important to read now (2015) as when it was first published" according to Aisling D.. Still a great book and deeply thought-provoking. I'm not sure the represented countries and cultures are still as sensible about possessions, so I'd be interested in a follow-up to this book. Nevertheless, I think this is an important book for people to re
Vividly portraying the look and feel of the human condition everywhere on Earth, this internationally acclaimed bestseller puts a human face on the issues of population, environment, social justice, and consumption as it illuminates the crucial question facing our species today: Can all six billion of us have all the things we want?. At the end of each visit, photographer and family collaborated on a remarkable portrait of the family members outside their home, surrounded by all of their possessionsa few jars and jugs for some, an explosion of electronic gadgetry for others. In an unprecedented effort, sixteen of the world’s foremost photographers traveled to thirty nations around the globe to live for a week with families that were statistically average for that nation
The book provides sidebars offering statistics and a brief history for each country, as well as personal notes from the photographers about their experiences. But it is the "big pictures" that tell most of the story. Material World is a lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads. Then a "big picture" shot of the family was taken outside the dwelling, surrounded by all their (many or few) material goods. Photographers spent one week living with a "statistically average" family in each country, learning about their work, their attitudes toward their possessions, and their hopes for the future. Material World tackles its wide subject by zooming in, allowing one household to represent an entire nation. An engrossing, enlightening book. In another, wary Bosnians sit besid