Uncertain Material Engagements

Material Engagement Theory frames materials as extensions of human intelligence and active participants in social exchange (Malafouris & Renfrew 2010; Hodder 2013). This socialization prompts questions of ethical material engagement: as equal participants, what are material’s ‘rights and responsibilities’?How might they facilitate ethical social exchange? The contemporary production of architectural components and assemblies requires an ethics of scale where energy is conserved, the social imagination is stimulated, and context is pre-eminent.

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-14-2