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Clutter in domestic spaces: Material vibrancy, and competing moralities
The Sociological Review ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-05 , DOI: 10.1177/0038026121998218
Sophie Woodward 1
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Decluttering discourses position clutter as meaningless things as well as, seemingly paradoxically, morally problematic – as signs of laziness or an individual failure to organise the house. This article addresses the lack of academic research on the topic and challenges the mischaracterisation of clutter as meaningless by drawing from ethnographically informed research into clutter in people’s homes in Manchester. The article is situated in, and contributes to, the sociology of ordinary consumption, the unmarked and unnoticed, and materiality. I draw from the theoretical work of Mary Douglas and Michael Thompson that outlines the vibrancy and potential of the unnoticed materials and matter of everyday life. I centre materiality in thinking about the material vibrancy of clutter and draw from Jane Bennett’s notion of assemblages to think through the capacity of clutter to become morally potent. The article makes four main arguments; first, I challenge ideas that clutter is trivial as it includes both meaningless and meaningful things. Second, I argue that clutter is a way people negotiate, reinforce and manage social relationships. Third, I argue moralising discourses around materialism and decluttering interact with existing everyday moralities around consumption, finances and family life which are brought to bear when people deal with their clutter. Fourth, through its materiality, clutter forces people to engage with moral discourse of wastefulness, usefulness, materialism, and everyday familial norms.



中文翻译:

家庭空间中的杂物:物质活力和道德竞争

混乱的话语将混乱视为无意义的事物,以及看似矛盾的,道德上的问题-表现为懒惰或个人没有组织房屋的迹象。本文通过从人种学方面的研究到曼彻斯特人们家中的杂物,解决了关于该主题的学术研究不足,并质疑杂物的错误特征是毫无意义的。该文章位于普通消费的社会学中,对普通消费,未受关注和未被关注的以及物质性构成了贡献。我借鉴了玛丽·道格拉斯(Mary Douglas)和迈克尔·汤普森(Michael Thompson)的理论工作,这些工作概述了人们忽视的材料和日常生活的活力和潜力。我将实质性放在思考混乱的物质活力上,并从Jane Bennett的集合概念中汲取思考,以使混乱成为道德有效的能力。本文提出了四个主要论点。首先,我挑战杂乱无章的想法,因为杂乱无章的事物既无意义又有意义。其次,我认为混乱是人们协商,加强和管理社会关系的一种方式。第三,我主张将围绕唯物主义和杂乱无章的话语道德化与人们在应对杂乱无章时所产生的与日常消费,财务和家庭生活有关的道德观念相互作用。第四,混乱的物质性迫使人们进行关于浪费,有用,唯物主义和日常家庭规范的道德论述。本文提出了四个主要论点。首先,我挑战杂乱无章的想法,因为杂乱无章的事物既无意义又有意义。其次,我认为混乱是人们协商,加强和管理社会关系的一种方式。第三,我主张将围绕唯物主义和杂乱无章的话语道德化与人们在应对杂乱无章时所产生的与日常消费,财务和家庭生活有关的道德观念相互作用。第四,混乱的物质性迫使人们进行关于浪费,有用,唯物主义和日常家庭规范的道德论述。本文提出了四个主要论点。首先,我挑战杂乱无章的想法,因为杂乱无章的事物既无意义又有意义。其次,我认为混乱是人们协商,加强和管理社会关系的一种方式。第三,我主张将围绕唯物主义和杂乱无章的话语道德化与人们在应对杂乱无章时所产生的与日常消费,财务和家庭生活有关的道德观念相互作用。第四,混乱的物质性迫使人们进行关于浪费,有用,唯物主义和日常家庭规范的道德论述。加强和管理社会关系。第三,我主张将围绕唯物主义和杂乱无章的话语道德化与人们在应对杂乱无章时所产生的与日常消费,财务和家庭生活有关的道德观念相互作用。第四,混乱的物质性迫使人们进行关于浪费,有用,唯物主义和日常家庭规范的道德论述。加强和管理社会关系。第三,我主张将围绕唯物主义和杂乱无章的话语道德化与人们在应对杂乱无章时所产生的与日常消费,财务和家庭生活有关的道德观念相互作用。第四,混乱的物质性迫使人们进行关于浪费,有用,唯物主义和日常家庭规范的道德论述。

更新日期:2021-03-05
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