{"product_id":"matters-of-activity-babette-werner-9783035629767","title":"Matters of Activity: Rethinking Materiality, Rethinking Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the book's core lies a quiet but radical idea: matter does not merely serve human thought; it participates in how we think, build, and understand our environments. Fibers, surfaces, and tools from tree bark, fungi, and wool to digital data and clouds become active partners in perception and design processes, co-producing knowledge across laboratories, workshops, studios, and archives, and opening new pathways for human-material interaction. Emerging from the Berlin-based Matters of Activity Cluster of Excellence, this volume assembles case studies, essays, and material experiments conducted across the natural sciences, humanities, and design. The underlying collaborative research rethinks materiality as relational, historically situated, and actively shaping the world we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinal publication of the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeaturing international, interdisciplinary contributions from design, humanities, and natural sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShowcasing numerous projects bridging material research and practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Babette Werner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3035629765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783035629767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Babette Werner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001793913087,"sku":"9783035629767","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/matters-of-activity-babette-werner-9783035629767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}