How Materials Matter: Design, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific - Couverture souple

Were, Graeme

 
9781805391227: How Materials Matter: Design, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1805391224 ISBN 13 : 9781805391227
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2023

Synopsis

How does design and innovation shape people's lives in the Pacific? Focusing on plant materials from the region, How Materials Matter reveals ways in which a variety of people - from craftswomen and scientists to architects and politicians - work with materials to transform worlds. Recognizing the fragile and ephemeral nature of plant fibres, this work delves into how the biophysical properties of certain leaves and their aesthetic appearance are utilized to communicate information and manage different forms of relations. It breaks new ground by situating plant materials at the centre of innovation in a region.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1805391224
ISBN 13 
9781805391227
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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