The Ocean as Thingspace: From the Ocean as »Master of Disappearance« to the »Friendly Floatees« and a New Ocean Cosmology
Chapter in: »Perspectives on Waste from the Social Sciences and Humanities: Opening the Bin«,
edited by Richard Ek and Nils Johansson
»Waste is something we encounter on an everyday basis. Today, the waste-mountain is increasing despite ambitious measures being taken to decrease it. Consequently, increased scholarly interest is being devoted to waste, but primarily from a technocratic and scientific point of view. This compilation offers different perspectives on waste, its characteristics, and its presence in the world from social scientist and humanist standpoints. Waste is the constant companion to the human, and is thus inherent in modern society.
Therefore, waste needs to be further approached and understood from a plethora of scholarly perspectives and disciplines, and further investigated through a multitude of methodologies and data collection techniques. The imagination of a future where waste-preventive actions and circular economies permeate society can only be a reality if technocratic and scientific accounts of what is to be done, when, and how, are complemented by social scientific and humanist concepts of the nature and constitution of waste. Such a perspective offers the possibility to understand how waste is constituted through relationships, language, materials, politics, practices and structures. This book shows that philosophers, historians, cultural theorists and economists have much to offer on the topic of waste as a part of everyday modern life.«
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Opening the Bin to the Social Sciences and the Humanities Nils Johansson and Richard Ek
Chapter One …………………………………………………………………………………… 8
Waste’s Social Order: A Historical Perspective Anne Berg
Chapter Two ………………………………………………………………………………… 22
Turning to the Spectre of Waste: a Hauntological Approach Lisa Doeland
Chapter Three ………………………………………………………………………………. 39
Waste on Screen: Of Trashing, Littering, and Recycling in American TV Series Fanny Verrax
Chapter Four ………………………………………………………………………………… 55
Mending: Female Education in Waste Prevention Over the Centuries Heike Darwanz
Chapter Five ………………………………………………………………………………… 75
Moving Waste Around: Recycling and the Governance of Waste Management
Myra J. Hird and Cassandra Kuyvenhoven
Chapter Six ………………………………………………………………………………….. 94
Waste, A Matter of Energy. A Diachronic Analysis (1992–2017) of
Waste-to-Energy Rationales Laurence Rocher
Chapter Seven …………………………………………………………………………….. 114
Environmental Concern in Waste Economy: A Case Study of Waste Policy in
Finnish LaplandVeera Kinnunen, Heikki Huilaja, Johanna Saariniemi and Jarno Valkonen
Chapter Eight ……………………………………………………………………………… 136
Visualizing the North Atlantic Gyre Patch Katarina Dimitrijevic
Chapter Nine ………………………………………………………………………………. 158
The Effect of Proximity on Waste Management within the New Vision of
Circular Economy in France Jean-Baptiste Bahers and Mathieu Durand
Chapter Ten ……………………………………………………………………………….. 173
Waste-in-Becoming, Value-in-Waiting: On Market Performativity and Value
Propositions of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Jennie Olofsson
Chapter Eleven …………………………………………………………………………… 195
The Ocean as Thingspace: From the Ocean as “Master of Disappearance” to
the “Friendly Floatees” and a New Ocean Cosmology Petra Beck
Chapter Twelve ………………………………………………………………………….. 211
Designing for an Inclusive Waste Service: Experiences from
Applying Norm-Critical Design Methods in Waste Service Development
Lisa Andersson, Marcus Jahnke, Julia Jonasson and Rebecca Röström
Chapter Thirteen …………………………………………………………………………. 236
The Fashion Waste Management Process at ReTuna: A Study of Unstable
Classifications of Textile Goods Lars Hedegård and Eva Gustafsson
Chapter Fourteen ………………………………………………………………………… 261
Apple’s Recycling Robot ‘Liam’ and the Global Recycling Economy of
E-Waste: What “The Guardian” Does, and What He Misses Out On
Stefan Laser and Alison Stowell
Contributors ……………………………………………………………………………….. 27
ISBN: 1-5275-4674-8
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-4674-5
Release Date: 2nd April 2020
Pages: 288
Price: £61.99