The book 'Granular Configurations' explores the world’s most used - yet often overlooked - building material: sand. Bringing together voices from geography, geology, social sciences, art, and the humanities, the book traces how sand moves and transforms, resisting easy capture by political and ecological systems. From extractive practices and colonial legacies to fragile infrastructures and grassroots struggles, sand emerges here not just as a resource, but as an unstable force shaping the planetary urban condition.

With contributions by Lara Almarcegui, Darin Barney, Arpita Bisht, Yus Budiyono, Michaela Büsse, Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, Katherine Dawson, Jeff Diamanti, FRAUD (Francisco Gallardo & Audrey Samson), Muhammad Soufi Cahya Gemilang, Dingeman L.H. van der Haven, William Jamison, Lukas Ley, Michiel J. van der Meulen, Hannah Tollefson, Ian The, Chester K. Wentworth, Jerry Zee, Chen Zhan, and Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa.

The book 'Granular Configurations' explores the world’s most used - yet often overlooked - building material: sand. Bringing together voices from geography, geology, social sciences, art, and the humanities, the book traces how sand moves and transforms, resisting easy capture by political and ecological systems. From extractive practices and colonial legacies to fragile infrastructures and grassroots struggles, sand emerges here not just as a resource, but as an unstable force shaping the planetary urban condition.

With contributions by Lara Almarcegui, Darin Barney, Arpita Bisht, Yus Budiyono, Michaela Büsse, Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, Katherine Dawson, Jeff Diamanti, FRAUD (Francisco Gallardo & Audrey Samson), Muhammad Soufi Cahya Gemilang, Dingeman L.H. van der Haven, William Jamison, Lukas Ley, Michiel J. van der Meulen, Hannah Tollefson, Ian The, Chester K. Wentworth, Jerry Zee, Chen Zhan, and Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa.