Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/327
Preferred label
manipulation
Alternative label
Scope note
A deliberate physical alteration to a substrate or other artifact. manipulations might be made to a substrate during the writing process (writing manipulation), to turn a substrate into a letterpacket (letterlocking manipulation), to facilitate a letter’s transit (postal manipulation), to file or display a document (storage manipulation), or to stabilize or fix an artifact (repair manipulation).
Top concept
features
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/605
Broader/Parent concept
features
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/605
Related concept
physical evidence
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/376
The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute Concept uri
Not in AAT
The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri
Not in LoB
Scope note source reference
Source
Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
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