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‘material turn’ discussed in this paper, textural analyses would benefit from a broadened view
of communication, taking into account thematic approaches like material and virtual design;
architecture; city planning; logistics, etc. Even within the prevailing regime of hyper-spacebiased
communication, there are, as Lefebvre (1974/1991: 42) puts it, projects “embedded in
a spatial context and a texture which call for ‘representations’ that will not vanish into the
symbolic or imaginary realms”. Such material projects, e g the design of technology, provide
the underpinning for ‘liquidity’ itself.
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