Objects in Flux - RMIT Research Repository - RMIT University

Contents
Abstract 11
1. Introduction 12
1.1 Overview 13
1.2 Consumer production 15
1.3 Current literature 17
1.4 Method 20
1.5 Chapter outline 23
2. Rethinking Objects 26
2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 The social construction of objects 28
2.3 Materiality 29
2.4 Function, narrative, and belonging 32
2.5 The politics of use 34
2.6 Conclusion 35
3. Remaking Things 36
3.1 Introduction 37
3.2 FIX 37
3.3 The modification experience 47
3.4 Objects and things 48
3.5 Conclusion 50
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