Discard Studies
wasting, systems, and power
$86.10
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2022
Summary
Discarded: Power, Waste, and the Systems That Shape Us
An argument that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things.
Discard studies is an emerging field that looks at waste and wasting broadly construed. Rather than focusing on waste and trash as the primary objects of study, discard studies looks at wider systems of waste and wasting to explore how some materials, practices, regions, and people are valued or deval…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543651 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543656 |
| Author: | Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Discard Studies is a valuable pedagogical tool. It flows like poetry, painting a vivid and insightful perspective without being overtly dense. Apart from accessibility, this book posits a new methodological imperative that is doable… Dismantling power structures is not a one-way process; Discard Studies shows that we can rebuild only by constantly challenging the power structures we have inherited. [O]ne of those books that you will want to sit with and let occupy your being for a while, if not forever.”—H-Net Reviews
About The Author
Max Liboiron
Max Liboiron is Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the author of Pollution is Colonialism.
Josh Lepawsky is Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the author of Reassembling Rubbish.
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