Marres N. Material Participation: Technology, the Environment and Everyday Publics

Palgrave Macmillan Martin’s Press LLC, NY, USA, 2015. — 228 p. — ISBN: 1137480734This book develops a fresh perspective on everyday forms of engagement, one that foregrounds the role of objects, technologies and settings in democracy. Examining a range of devices, from smart meters to eco-homes, the book sets out new concepts and methods for analyzing the relations between participation, innovation and the environmentParticipation as if Things Mattered
The Invention of Material Publics: Returns to American Pragmatism
Engaging Devices: the Co-articulation of Technology, Democracy and Innovation
Sustainable Living Experiments or a ‘Coming Out’ for the Politics of Things
Eco-homes as Instruments of Material Politics:Engagement, Innovation, Change
6Redistributing Problems of Participation