Graeme Were 
How Materials Matter [EPUB ebook] 
Design, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

Introduction: Materials and Design

PART I: MATERIALS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Chapter 1. On the Materials of Mats
Chapter 2. Materials on the Move
Chapter 3. What’s in a Plant Leaf?

PART II: MATERIALS: DESIGN: TRANSFORMATION

Chapter 4. Of Canoes and Troughs
Chapter 5. Enclosures and Disclosures

PART III: MATERIAL FUTURES

Chapter 6. Returning Cultural Knowledge in a Digital Design Context
Chapter 7. Material Histories and the Changing Nature of Museum Collections

Conclusion: Towards a New Understanding of Materiality

Bibliography
Index

Graeme Were is chair and professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol. He has a regional specialism in Papua New Guinea, where he has conducted ongoing ethnographic fieldwork since 2000. His published work includes Lines that Connect (2010) and Extreme Collecting (Berghahn, 2012) co-edited with J.C.H. King.