Making and Growing

’A provocative response to the so-called post-human turn in contemporary social theory, this volume concertedly blurs the boundaries between human design and vital process - the being of artefacts and the becoming of life. The result is a pulsating adventure into the inner workings of things’ and people’s co-constitution through processes of growth, decay and their ever-mutual transformations.’ Martin Holbraad, University College London, UK ’This refreshing and far-reaching collection challenges many of the analytical distinctions inherent in recent anthropological investigations of the relationship between persons and things. Drawing on a range of nuanced studies, the authors demonstrate different and often unexpected ways that making and growing are intrinsically interrelated. An indispensable volume for social scientists and historians interested in the emergence of new biological, social and artefactual forms.’ Anita Herle, University of Cambridge, UK 'Through the device of juxtaposing making and growing, the contributions to Making and Growing offer refreshing perspectives on material culture and its processes that attend to the transformability of things and present object lessons in the co-constitution of organisms, artifacts, and understanding.' Huntington Library Quarterly