Publication (142 pages).

In the case
of hoarding,
space becomes
a conflict in itself.
For a person
who is
stuck between
the hardness of
a good and the
subjectivities
it contains, dividing
the concrete
aspects
in life from the
fluid ones becomes
confusing.
modity focused on hardware to software, but I
believe his analogy goes further in understanding
space in other material objects. It may be
said that previous material objects contained
a heaviness that corresponded to their physical
usage as a tool. Liquid modernity however
creates material items that correspond to variable
ideas such as signs and identities, which
were previously not contained the ‘hardness’ of
a good. This means interactions with material
goods have changed from stable concrete relationships
with tools to liquid, fluid, changing
objects that are harder to interpret and understand.
In the case of hoarding, space becomes
a conflict in itself. For a person who is stuck
between the hardness of a good and the subjectivities
it contains, dividing the concrete
aspects in life from the fluid ones becomes
confusing. For a person who was accustomed
to objects that are contained in concrete spaces,
liquid objects that contain aspects of signs
and identity are new and misunderstood. Acquisition
of objects is a constant struggle due
to the identification of the multiple fluid signs
or identities that the object may contain while
also containing its materialism. A hoarder may
identify in an object multiple purposes or signs
while a normal consumer, who has adapted to
a liquid life, will only identify one sign or purpose
for the object. This opens up the possibility
of many more commodities being suitable
for purchase. Purpose for consumption and
end-of-life discard also become confusing for
a person who identifies with concrete goods
in a liquid life. For the hoarder this means
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