Spaces as well as things have been receiving increased attention for quite some time - not least as a reaction to social and cultural transformations. However, this also shows a shift from the object of investigation to the category of analysis, as Doris Bachmann-Medick says. Spaces and things are not only of interest in their own right, but above all in their relationships and relations to one another. The exemplary studies in this volume traverse space and set out on the trail of things. The respective approaches from different disciplines allow for particularly promising findings.