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Following things of rubbish value: end-of-life ships, ‘chock-chocky’ furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer (2010)
Journal Article
Gregson, N., Crang, M., Ahamed, F., Akhtar, N., & Ferdous, R. (2010). Following things of rubbish value: end-of-life ships, ‘chock-chocky’ furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer. Geoforum, 41(6), 846-854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.007

There has been an upsurge of geographical work tracing globalised flows of commodities in the wake of Appadurai’s (1986) call to ‘follow the things’. This paper engages with calls to follow the thing but argues that work thus far has been concentrate... Read More about Following things of rubbish value: end-of-life ships, ‘chock-chocky’ furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer.

Cyberspace as the New Public Domain (2010)
Book Chapter
Crang, M. (2010). Cyberspace as the New Public Domain. In C. Kihato, M. Massoumi, B. Ruble, P. Subirós, & A. Garland (Eds.), Urban diversity : space, culture and inclusive pluralism in cities worldwide (99-122). Johns Hopkins University Press ; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

In considering inclusive cities, it is increasingly important to keep in mind the role of the intangible realm of urban digital media. Immediately, however, one might be justified in asking what possibilities for inclusion, and threats of exclusion,... Read More about Cyberspace as the New Public Domain.

The Death of Great Ships: photography, politics and waste in the global imaginary (2010)
Journal Article
Crang, M. (2010). The Death of Great Ships: photography, politics and waste in the global imaginary. Environment and Planning A, 42(5), 1084-1102. https://doi.org/10.1068/a42414

The iconic images heralding an age of connectivity are the plane and the trace of digital flows bearing information. However, not far behind has been the cumbrous yet essential 'big box' of containerisation, shipping all manner of goods across the pl... Read More about The Death of Great Ships: photography, politics and waste in the global imaginary.

Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. (2010)
Book
Hutchison, R., Aalbers, M., Beauregard, R., & Crang, M. (Eds.). (2010). Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. SAGE Publications

The Handbook of Qualitative Geography. (2010)
Book
Delyser, D., Herbert, S., Aitken, S., Crang, M., & McDowell, L. (Eds.). (2010). The Handbook of Qualitative Geography. SAGE Publications

Exploring the dynamic growth, change, and complexity of qualitative research in human geography, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography brings together leading scholars in the field to examine its history, assess the current state of the art, and... Read More about The Handbook of Qualitative Geography..