In hatboxes, pouches and bags lie the items that define us
Whether it be in a hatbox, wooden chest or leather bag, what makes some stuff personal, rather than just private property?
by Andreas Gehrlach
Andreas Gehrlach is a research assistant at the Institute for Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt University of Berlin. He is the author of Das verschachtelte Ich (2020; ‘The Boxed Self’), a book on how people use containers to create their selves.
Written by Andreas Gehrlach