Stone: Stories of Urban Materiality

Stone: Stories of Urban Materiality
ISBN-10
9811546509
ISBN-13
9789811546501
Series
Stone
Category
Social Science
Pages
376
Language
English
Published
2020-06-01
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Tim Edensor

Description

In undertaking a systematic analysis of urban materiality, this book investigates one kind of material in Melbourne: stone. The work draws on a range of pertinent, current theories that consider materiality, assemblages, networks, phenomenology, resource and extraction geographies, memorialisation, maintenance and repair, place identity, skill, sensation and affect, haunting and the vitalism of the non-human. In appealing to the general reader, academics and students, this book provides a highly readable account, replete with evocative examples and fascinating historical and contemporary stories about stone in Melbourne.

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