TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose Based on Latour’s view that humans and non-humans swap properties, this paper explores whether objects embody similar properties as human beings and whether these properties per se orient dispossession practices.Methodology/approach This study adopts Latour’s pragmatogonies as a theoretical perspective to explore the complex interplay between humans and non-humans in the context of dispossession. Thirty-two in-depth interviews focus on the object itself (its characteristics, qualities, and capacities in association with its endo and exo relations) to understand how objects act on dispossession.Findings The results depict objects as consisting of various material elements and possessing symmetrical properties as humans to facilitate, hinder, and channel dispossession. Objects emerge as having genealogies, undergoing physical changes, adapting to misfortunes, and having citizenship duties.Research Limitations/implications Our analyses reveal a complex network of people and things; all acting in the course of dispossession. We call for further research on object–subject networks/assemblages as dynamic and co-productive. We suggest that research focus should be on what objects might become or how they connect and evolve as they deteriorate, shift, and renew in interaction with their environment.Originality/value of paper Our study challenges the dichotomy between material objects and human beings. We underline that objects are not ephemeral and transient but they are moving and circulating as they deteriorate, transform, enact new roles, and construct evolving identities.
VL  - 16
SN  - 978-1-78441-158-9, 978-1-78441-157-2/0885-2111
DO  - 10.1108/S0885-211120140000016005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0885-211120140000016005
AU  - Cherrier Helene
AU  - Türe Meltem
AU  - Özçağlar-Toulouse Nil
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Considering the Human Properties of the Non-Humans: An Analysis of Pragmatogony in Dispossession Stories
T2  - Consumer Culture Theory
T3  - Research in Consumer Behavior
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 99
EP  - 114
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -