How Material Comes to Matter

The book discusses how workshops and labs are important places for collaborative learning and material-driven research. It also acknowledges that “thinking” and “making” often remain separate within academic frameworks, and examines hierarchies, mechanisms of exclusion, and the gap between classroom learning and material experiments. Material-driven research is approached as a way of viewing matter not as an inert resource, but as an active participant in shaping knowledge and future scenarios.

Workshops are both physical places of production and temporary formats for bringing groups of people together to create something collectively. They are places of discussion, negotiation, and interaction, where students learn to attune to the pace, culture, and social codes of the space.