Matter of absence: Navigating loss and renewal through post-disaster material culture
Published online on May 06, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Material Culture, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 292-315, June 2026.
Environmental disasters deeply affect communities, leaving both physical and emotional scars. For survivors, these ‘traces’ of the material world that was lost can help to appease the absence of the ordinariness of their familiar everyday lives. This ...
Environmental disasters deeply affect communities, leaving both physical and emotional scars. For survivors, these ‘traces’ of the material world that was lost can help to appease the absence of the ordinariness of their familiar everyday lives. This ...