How Materials Matter

Graeme Were is chair and professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol. He has a regional specialism in Papua New Guinea, where he has conducted ongoing ethnographic fieldwork since 2000. His published work includes Lines that Connect (2010) and Extreme Collecting (Berghahn, 2012) co-edited with J.C.H. King.

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations



Introduction: Materials and Design



PART I: MATERIALS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE



Chapter 1. On the Materials of Mats

Chapter 2. Materials on the Move

Chapter 3. What’s in a Plant Leaf?



PART II: MATERIALS: DESIGN: TRANSFORMATION



Chapter 4. Of Canoes and Troughs

Chapter 5. Enclosures and Disclosures



PART III: MATERIAL FUTURES



Chapter 6. Returning Cultural Knowledge in a Digital Design Context

Chapter 7. Material Histories and the Changing Nature of Museum Collections



Conclusion: Towards a New Understanding of Materiality



Bibliography

Index