ABSTRACT
New materialisms encapsulate a body of theories concerned with the physical affects, liveliness and agency of living and non-living matter at different scales and in different forms, from the micro of sub-atomic particles to bodies and complex urban assemblages such as cities. Chapter 3 reviews the key debates in this literature, and continues to argue for recognition of non-humans in all aspects of the everydayness of urban environments. It introduces some of the political implications of a new materialist world view, and distils insights important for understanding healthy urban environments.
