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This article explores the concept of "home" in relation to the haptic, or the sense of touch, with reference to the work of Lauren Beukes, the post-apartheid South African writer, and the installations of the late Israeli-French artist, Absalon.
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The article gives a novel perspective deriving from the importance of the architectural surface and of touch to the work it considers.
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This page is a summary of: Scratching the surface: the home and the haptic in Lauren Beukes'sZoo cityand elsewhere, Scrutiny2, January 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2015.1035745.
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