An mm affiliate! work in conversation and dialogue with the Material Matters team - individual projects and material explorations conducted in our labs.

Christa Clay(Author)

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Graduate Studies (Degree Granting Institution)

Keith Doyle (Thesis Supervisor)

Circular economy, Sustainability, Sustainable design, Design

This thesis reflects on our relationships to the materials and objects that we are surrounded with, the agency they carry, as well as the responsibility we have to the places and communities we inhabit. This context makes way for a narrative on localization, circularity, and resiliency. A New Resourcefulness offers auto-ethnography woven throughout theory and design practice, as experienced in British Columbia, Canada. Includes the essay: Ecological Restoration through Material Practice: Invasive Species as Resource, by Christa Clay and Chiara Schmitt (pp. 88 - 98).

Link to thesis