Material Language: An Approach to Acquire Literacy of the Inarticulable

This thesis frames analogies of language acquisition as a lens to examine materiality and explore how to make and find meaning with and through material. By means to conceptualize a so-called ‘material language,’ following a practice-led and place-based methodology, this work showcases two main case studies that investigate how we can become active agents in our relationship with the material world.MaterialLanguageLiteraturePoetryAgencyEmpathyPlac