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Tomás Errázuriz is Full Professor at Andrés Bello National University, Chile. He has published extensively on the material and symbolic trajectories of objects, as well as the construction of affect and boundaries between subjects and things. He is a co-founder of Cosas Maravillosas, a collective dedicated to promoting sustainable living through the research, recognition and care of everyday environments.Francisco Martínez is Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the University of Murcia, Spain. He is an anthropologist dealing with contemporary issues of material culture through ethnographic research and his work is known for its critical insights and experimental style. He was awarded with the Early Career Prize of the European Association of Social Anthropologists.

• AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsForeword. Primus Inter Pares, Daniel Miller (University College London, UK)An Author, an Object, and a Home, Francisco Martínez (University of Murcia, Spain) and Tomás Errázuriz (Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile)Part I: Biographies of ContinuityBlanket, Magda Craciun (Univeristy College London, UK)Cabinet, Tinatin Khomeriki (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)Pebble, Adam Drazin (University College London, UK)Chair, Mika Pantzar (University of Helsinki, Finland)Photo Frame, Blanca Callén (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)Pie Tin, Jeremy Gould (University of Helsinki, Finland)Part II: Methods of DwellingLamps, Maria Manuela Restivo (CARMAH Berlin, Germany)Fireplace, Jenny Rinkinen (LUT University, Finland)Hooks, Roland Reemaa (Central Saint Martins, UAL, UK)Pitiless Floor, Ben Highmore (University of Sussex, UK)Earplugs, Pedro Neto (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)Frames, Patrick Laviolette (Masarykova Univerzita, Czech Republic)Part III: Devices of CareFridge, Tomás Errázuriz (Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile)Dishwasher, Martín Ávila (Konstfack, University of the Arts, Sweden)Hair Dryer, Giacomo Pozzi (IULM University, Italy)Cochlear Hearing Device, Jeff Malpas (University of Tasmania, Australia)Arepa Grill, Catalina Cortés Severino (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)Hummingbird Feeder, Hermione Spriggs (Independent Scholar, UK)Part IV: Social World-MakingCheese Ball Container, Katie Kilroy-Marac (University of Toronto, Canada)Jam Jar, Sophie Woodward (University of Manchester, UK)Cupboard, Lucy Khofi (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)Books, Michael Jackson (Harvard University, USA)Woven Basket, Justicia C. Tegyeka Kiconco (MASS Design Group, Rwanda)Family Photos, Ricardo Greene (Universidad San Sebastian, Spain)Part V: Evocative ThingsFramed Hole, Kiven Strohm (National University of Singapore, Singapore)Key-thing, Martin D. Frederiksen (Aarhus University, Denmark)Empty Honey Jar, Elizabeth Saleh (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)Shirt, Nastasia Fomina (Aalto University, Finland)Matchbox, Suzie Thomas (University of Antwerp, Belgium)Castle Knocker, Tim Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Part VI: DisplacementPassport, Carna Brkovic (Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany)Guitar, Hanna Valynets (Independent Scholar, Belarus)Perro, Ana Gutiérrez Garza (University of St Andrews, UK)Vase, Beatrice Juškaite (University of Oxford, UK)Pointe Shoes, Jenny Tang (University of Cambridge, UK)Beach House, Damián Omar Martínez (University of Granada, Spain)Part VII: Futures of DwellingVinyl Collection, Francisco Martínez (University of Murcia, Spain)Sublet Room, Anna Kin (Independent Scholar, Kazakhstan)Countryside House, Sung-Hoon Hong (Independent Scholar, South Korea)Book, Anatolijs Venovcevs (University of Oulu, Finland)Futures Table, Sarah Pink (Monash University, Australia)Afterword. A Saturation, Kathleen Stewart (Univeristy of Texas at Austin, USA)Home: A User’s Manual, Santiago Orrego (University of Murcia, Spain)Index