“…Anthropological work has long recognised the significance of materialities in understanding home (e.g., Miller, ) and Hoskins's () notion of “biographical objects” convinced me of the productiveness of allowing people to tell you about themselves through the significant things in their lives. Materialities have also become an important part of geographical theorisation of the home as a spatial project of identification and relationality (e.g., Gorman‐Murray, ; Morrison, ; Tarrant, ; Tolia‐Kelly, ; Walsh, , ), as well as literatures on migration and home (e.g., Brun & Fábos, ; Dudley, ; Gram‐Hanssen & Bech‐Danielson, ; Law, ). Direct focus on domestic possessions has also been significant in a number of studies with older non‐migrants, arising from the significance of “downsizing” and “divestment” events (e.g., Johnson & Bibbo, ; Luborsky et al., ; Marcoux, ; Nord, ).…”