Discard Studies: New Article Alert- “Geography, death, and finitude”
The Journal of Environment and Planning A has a new article by José Luis Romanillos entitled, “Geography, death, and finitude.” Abstract: Despite growing interest in the geographies of death, loss,...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Diversion, or The Social Life of Things
It has been twenty-five years since Arjun Appadurai penned “Commodities and the politics of value” as the introductory essay to the edited collection The Social Life of Things. In the text he offers...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Open Discussion: Wasted Opportunity? Confronting NYC’s Solid...
Wasted Opportunity? Confronting NYC’s Solid Waste Challenges This forum will explore the critical and timely issue of how New York City can best manage the nonrecyclable fraction of its municipal...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: New Article Alert! BLACK GOO: Forceful Encounters with...
Cultural Antropology has published Stuart McLean’s article, “BLACK GOO: Forceful Encounters with Matter in Europe’s Muddy Margins” in a special issue on water. Abstract: This article undertakes an...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Reverse e-waste: Trash Amp and Vibroy Vibrating Speakers
There are two new DIY inventions out there that turn trash into speakers: Vibroy Vibrating Speakers and Trash Amp. There are a few refreshing twists to these gadgets; not only do they reverse the...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: CFP: Material Resistance: Waste and the Production of...
Call for Panelists for American Studies Association 2012 annual conference, November 15-18, 2012: San Juan, Puerto Rico PANEL: “Material Resistance: Waste and the Production of Environmental...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Under the radar, off the books
“What is the aboriginal Self, on which a universal reliance may be grounded?” Emerson, “Self Reliance“ Nannies, drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes, freelance carpenters, water entrepreneurs,...
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