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The Material Culture of Failure: When Things Do Wrong 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
- ISBN-13978-1350091719
- Edition1st
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication dateMay 27, 2020
- LanguageEnglish
- File size306186 KB
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"At last, we have here a thoughtful and provocative series of essays, along with an excellent theoretical introduction, on how failures illuminate the contexts that produce and define them. Noting that failure is everywhere, both in traditional and contemporary societies, the authors reveal how failures in technology, ritual, politics and design are always productive, though usually not in the ways that we anticipate. - Arjun Appadurai, New York University, USA
Material failure is disappointing, sometimes grotesque, always inevitable. But as the contributors to this diverse and engaging anthology suggest, material failure can open creative space for subjects on the ground and productive ruminations for the anthropologists who witness them, claiming fresh ground for the study of material culture. - Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History, USA
This inspiring book is essential reading for all researchers and students interested in material culture. What happens when we take failure seriously? What happens when things go wrong? From these simple questions the contributors to this volume open up an entrancing new world for us all to explore. - Oliver Harris, University of Leicester, UK"
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- ASIN : B089C1J9ZH
- Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (May 27, 2020)
- Publication date : May 27, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 306186 KB
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- Print length : 232 pages
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Dimitris Dalakoglou is Professor at Vrije University Amsterdam where he holds the Chair in Social Anthropology.
In 2017 he was awarded a VIDI Innovative Research Grant from the Dutch Organisation of Scientific Research for his project Infra-Demos that studies Infrastructures and Social Participation in Greece. Between 2012 and 2014 held an ESRC-Future Research Leaders grant for the project 'The City at a time of Crisis: Transformations of Public Spaces in Athens' (crisis-scape.net). Between 2004 and 2009 held a National Fellowship in Social Anthropology (Greece) for his project 'An Anthropology of the Road'.
His books include 'Critical Times in Greece'(2017), 'The Road'(2016), 'Roads and Anthropology', (2014, 2012) 'Revolt and Crisis in Greece' (2011) and 'Crisis-scapes: Athens and Beyond (2014). He was also an associate and advisory editor of the 'International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest' and he is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters.
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