Discard studies : wasting, systems, and power / Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky.

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 l...

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Main Authors: Liboiron, Max, 1980- (Author), Lepawsky, Josh, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
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100 1 |a Liboiron, Max,  |d 1980-  |e author.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXmWXHTRKWhG7mGP9kXd 
245 1 0 |a Discard studies :  |b wasting, systems, and power /  |c Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky. 
264 1 |a Cambridge, Massachusetts :  |b The MIT Press,  |c [2022] 
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300 |a 1 online resource (216 pages) :  |b illustrations 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |t An introduction to discard studies --  |t The scales of waste (a theory of relationality) --  |t Insides and outsides (a theory of power) --  |t There's no such thing as we (a theory of difference) --  |t Discarding well (a theory of change). 
520 |a 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 devalued, becoming dominant or disposable. In this book, Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky argue that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things. They show how the theories and methods of discard studies can be applied in a variety of cases, many of which do not involve waste, trash, or pollution. Liboiron and Lepawsky consider the partiality of knowledge and offer a theory of scale, exploring the myth that most waste is municipal solid waste produced by consumers; discuss peripheries, centers, and power, using content moderation as an example of how dominant systems find ways to discard; and use theories of difference to show that universalism, stereotypes, and inclusion all have politics of discard and even purification--as exemplified in "inclusive" efforts to broaden the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, they develop a theory of change by considering "wasting well," outlining techniques, methods, and propositions for a justice-oriented discard studies that keeps power in view. 
588 |a Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 3, 2022). 
650 0 |a Waste products  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Refuse and refuse disposal. 
650 0 |a Refuse and refuse disposal  |x Political aspects. 
650 0 |a Refuse and refuse disposal  |x Social aspects. 
650 7 |a waste disposal.  |2 aat 
650 7 |a refuse disposal.  |2 aat 
650 7 |a Refuse and refuse disposal  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Refuse and refuse disposal  |x Political aspects  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Refuse and refuse disposal  |x Social aspects  |2 fast 
700 1 |a Lepawsky, Josh,  |d 1972-  |e author.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrg3QxcHyV4PjctcQ6rq 
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776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Liboiron, Max, 1980-  |t Discard studies.  |d Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]  |z 9780262543651  |w (DLC) 2021038762  |w (OCoLC)1258217252 
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