The materiality of nothing : exploring our everyday relationships with objects absent and present / Helen Holmes.
2024
GN406 .H756 2024
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Title
The materiality of nothing : exploring our everyday relationships with objects absent and present / Helen Holmes.
ISBN
9781003130093 electronic book
1003130097 electronic book
1000917894 electronic book
9781000917949 electronic book
1000917940 electronic book
9781000917895 (electronic bk.)
9780367655570 hardcover
9780367655655 paperback
1003130097 electronic book
1000917894 electronic book
9781000917949 electronic book
1000917940 electronic book
9781000917895 (electronic bk.)
9780367655570 hardcover
9780367655655 paperback
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 150 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4324/9781003130093 doi
Call Number
GN406 .H756 2024
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1376001273
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introducing material affinities and the potency of connections
Object loss and material hauntings
Object journeys 1 : starting at 'the end'
Object journeys 2 : acquiring, circulating, connecting
Layers and leaking : the invisibility of materials
Preservation and decay : exploring alternative accumulation
Rethinking materiality for a more sustainable society.
Object loss and material hauntings
Object journeys 1 : starting at 'the end'
Object journeys 2 : acquiring, circulating, connecting
Layers and leaking : the invisibility of materials
Preservation and decay : exploring alternative accumulation
Rethinking materiality for a more sustainable society.
Historical Data
Helen Holmes is a Lecturer in Sociology based in the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, UK, and a member of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 10, 2023).
Series
Materializing culture.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Holmes, Helen Materiality of nothing Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
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