All Outputs (2)

Souvenir, Salvage and the Death of Great Naval Ships (2011)
Journal Article
Gregson, N., Crang, M., & Watkins, H. (2011). Souvenir, Salvage and the Death of Great Naval Ships. Journal of Material Culture, 16(3), 301-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183511412882

This paper examines the social and physical death of naval ships as a form of military material culture. It draws on ethnographic research with veteran’s associations in the UK and US, and in a UK ship breaking yard, to explore the relationship of a... Read More about Souvenir, Salvage and the Death of Great Naval Ships.

Performativity, corporeality and the politics of ship disposal (2011)
Journal Article
Gregson, N. (2011). Performativity, corporeality and the politics of ship disposal. Journal of Cultural Economy, 4(2), 137-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2011.563067

This paper provides a posthumanist performative reading of spaces of disposal as sites of economic activity. Its empirical focus is ship breaking, as practices and political techniques. Drawing on the work of Donald Mackenzie, Karen Barad and Jane Be... Read More about Performativity, corporeality and the politics of ship disposal.