Europe's Disappearing Waste

Unanticipated Conflicts Between Removal and Greening

AvDaniel Sosna

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del 17 i serien New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations

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Through ethnographic research conducted among landfill workers and waste pickers, Europe’s Disappearing Waste explores the inner workings of the Czech waste management system that is underpinned by the belief that waste should disappear. Waste streams give rise to underflows that provide opportunities for those who refuse to be passive witnesses of disposal and loss of value. The normative assumptions about market-based solutions and techno-optimism in waste management are called into question, directing attention to the commitment to salvage that provides an alternative way of relating to waste.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781836955511

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Daniel Sosna is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. His early career was focused on researching the social organization and mortuary practices of past societies. Daniel’s recent research builds methodologically upon ethnography and garbology, focusing on Central Europe. He is a co-editor of Archaeologies of Waste (Oxbow, 2017), with L. Brunclikova and Thrift and Its Paradoxes (Berghahn, 2022) with C. Alexander.

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“This is an engaging account of landfill workers and others employed in waste disposal in Czechia …Sosna provides an honest and at times touching account of how waste is entangled in diverse social relations.” • Daniel Knight, University of St. Andrews

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures and TablesPrefaceIntroduction Chapter1. Knowledge GrowthChapter 2. Underflows of Waste StreamsChapter 3. Circular Disappearance of WastewaterChapter 4. Life on the MarginsChapter 5. Places of DisappearanceConclusionsEpilogueReferences