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Announcing the publication of Homo Textor

June 29th, 2026: We are pleased to announce the publication of Homo Textor, Weaving As (Technical) Mode of Existence, edited by Ellen Harlizius-Klück, Annapurna Mamidipudi, Giovanni Fanfani, and Alex McLean. The book shows how weaving as a (technical) mode of existence provides concepts that help to rethink Homo faber and the way the Moderns talk about technology. It provides case studies, performances, technical tools, speculative analyses, ethnographic studies, and philosophical meditations that reveal something about weaving that otherwise remains invisible when presented according to common disciplinary boundaries. https://www.matteringpress.org/books/homo-textor

Announcing the publication of Predictions, Vol. 1

June 22nd, 2026: We are pleased to announce the publication of Predictions, Volume 1: From Speculative Ethnography to Apocalyptic Testimony, edited by Mél Hogan, Stefan Laser and Edward Ongweso Jr. This is the first in a three part series, which collectively makes a case for engaging with practices and cultures of prediction. Predictions, Volume 1 is a collection of raw, unhinged, despairing, yet also critical and playful predictions. We hope they serve as examples of how prediction can be handled in critical social sciences and humanities disciplines, especially through an STS lens. https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1

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Annual report (to April 2025)

March 9th, 2026: We have published our annual report and accounts for the financial year that ended in April 2025. This details the work of the press during the period. We expect to release our next annual report by the end of June 2026. https://www.matteringpress.org/blog/annual-report-april-06-2024-april-05-2025

Technoscientific Globalisation from Below

September 1st, 2025: Mattering Press is proud to publish a new collection: Technoscientific Globalisation from Below. Across eleven varied and lively chapters, the book provides fresh perspectives on how global asymmetries in wealth and resources stimulate technological innovation across the Global South. Readers with an interest in STS, globalisation and development studies will be inspired by these essays that demonstrate how the imaginative reappropriation of technologies to suit local conditions is challenging the assumed hegemony of big tech. https://www.matteringpress.org/books/technoscientific-globalisation-from-below

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Reflections on the EASST conference

September 19th, 2024: The 2024 EASST/4S conference, hosted by Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, was a life affirming moment for Mattering Press, even as we recognise what a rare privilege the event afforded us, something we will come back to. In this post, we reflect on the diverse engagements the event prompted — for us and others https://www.matteringpress.org/blog/mattering-materialised-in-amsterdam

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Mattering Press books wins the 2024 Freeman Award

July 4th, 2024: We had an absolutely fantastic time in Amsterdam at the EASST/4S conference, hosted at VU Amsterdam. We will provide a fuller update later, but wanted to add a note to congratulate Democratic Situations which we were very pleased to see pick up the 2024 Freeman Award!

Many congratulations to the book’s editors, Andreas Birkbak and Irina Papazu, as well as all the contributing authors.

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