The Materiality of Nothing explores the invisible, intangible and transient materials and objects of everyday life and the relationships we have with them.

Helen Holmes is a Lecturer in Sociology based in the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester, UK, and a member of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

1 Introducing material affinities and the potency of connections

2 Object loss and material hauntings

3 Object Journeys 1: starting at 'the end'

4 Object Journeys 2: acquiring, circulating, connecting

5 Layers and leaking: the invisibility of materials

6 Preservation and decay: exploring alternative accumulation

7 Rethinking materiality for a more sustainable society

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