The materiality of nothing : Exploring our everyday relationships with objects absent and present
Helen Holmes
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 2023
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| Omfang | 163 sider
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| Opplysninger | Boken ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side.. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Materiality of Nothing explores the invisible, intangible and transient materials and objects of everyday life and the relationships we have with them. Drawing on over 15 years of original, empirical research, it builds on growing research on the everyday, and unites the established field of material culture and materiality with emerging sociological studies exploring notions of nothing and the unmarked. The chapters cover topics such as lost property, museum curation, plastic microfibres, thrift, music and even hair, illuminating how invisible and intangible materials conjure memories, meanings and identities, inextricably binding us to other people, places and things. In turn, the book also engages with issues of sustainability and consumption, raising questions regarding society’s increasing need for material accumulation and posing some alternatives. Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Table -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introducing material affinities and the potency of connections -- Origins -- Material affinities -- Something about nothing -- Consumption connections -- The 'Crisis of Accumulation' -- Materiality -- Methods and approach -- The projects -- The Hair Project -- The Thrift Project -- The Lost Property Project -- The Plastic Project -- The Rave Project -- The Chapters -- Chapter 2: Object loss and material hauntings -- Introduction -- Individual loss -- Caring about everyday things -- You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone -- Items that haunt -- Institutional loss -- It's not lost, it's misplaced -- Issues of size -- Everyday items -- Theft -- Collective loss -- Collective symbolic objects -- Collective lost objects -- Collective memorabilia: raving on -- Managing loss -- Rationalisation -- Prevention -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Layers and leaking: The invisibility of materials -- Introduction -- Dealing with layers -- Introducing the palimpsest of hair -- Physical layers: betrayed by your hair -- Maintaining the traces: working on the coherent 'self' -- Imaginative traces -- From layers to leaking -- Broken bits, broken affinities? -- Fibres that travel: the power of detritus -- Invisible leaking -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Preservation and decay: Exploring alternative accumulation -- Introduction -- Dealing with decay -- Conservation or restoration? -- Replicas -- Household decay -- Preserving for future generations -- Material disconnect -- Alternative accumulation -- Rejecting the alternatives: desiring the tangible -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7: Rethinking materiality for a more sustainable society -- Introduction -- Rethinking materiality: illuminating the 'invisible' -- Refocusing consumption: foregrounding the personal -- Reframing sustainability: knowing when to let go -- Bibliography -- Index. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| ISBN | 1-000-91794-0
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