Objects, things and stuff; exploring the awareness of materiality in longer everyday product relationships

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dc.contributor.authorGreen, Clare R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-03T13:54:09Z
dc.date.available2023-01-03T13:54:09Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn designing for longer product lifetimes we should consider our relationships not only with “products” but with “things” and “stuff”. The role of materiality in longer relationships with everyday artefacts may not have attracted as much attention as other factors, despite environmental relevance. This paper investigates awareness of stuff in the sense of unimportant everyday artefacts and also stuff in the sense of the material make-up of these artefacts. We highlight findings related to material awareness as a component of longer everyday product relationships. The findings around the role of the materiality in longer product relations reveal an ambiguous picture. Firstly the awareness of the material aspects of the everyday products commented on is very unevenly distributed. Comments related to material qualities of objects as well as the material presence of objects as physical entities are missing from many personal narratives collected. At the same time, an awareness of material, in the sense of the actual physical presence and nature of an object appears important in many of the longer everyday relationships commented. Relations to materiality in the research can thus be grouped into two distinct sections, firstly how materiality is present and appears to positively contribute to longer product relations, and secondly how materiality may go unnoticed in relationships with everyday objects. Being conscious of stuff as material may not constitute the majority of current behaviour (and may not be easy to encourage) but may be increasingly important in the context of product longevity.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-7983-3125-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/17938
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-16729
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-9253
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
dc.subject.ddc600 Technik, Technologie
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.subject.otherproduct longevityen
dc.subject.otherperson-product relationshipsen
dc.subject.otherstuffen
dc.subject.othersustainable consumptionen
dc.subject.othermaterials experienceen
dc.titleObjects, things and stuff; exploring the awareness of materiality in longer everyday product relationshipsen
dc.typeConference Objecten
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorNissen, Nils F.
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorJaeger-Erben, Melanie
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend299
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart295
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.proceedingstitlePLATE – Product lifetimes and the environment : 3rd PLATE Conference, September 18–20, 2019 Berlin, Germany
dcterms.rightsHolder.referenceDeposit-Lizenz (Erstveröffentlichung)
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tub.affiliationFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik::Inst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien::FG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik
tub.affiliation.groupFG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen

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