{"product_id":"discard-studies-isbn-9780262543651","title":"Discard Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn argument that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscard 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLiboiron 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.\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e1 An Introduction to Discard Studies 1\u003cbr\u003e2 The Scales of Waste: A Theory of Relationality 35\u003cbr\u003e3 Insides and Outsides: A Theory of Power 61\u003cbr\u003e4 There's No Such Thing as We: A Theory of Difference 97\u003cbr\u003e5 Discarding Well: A Theory of Change 125\u003cbr\u003eReferences 153\u003cbr\u003eIndex 195“\u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies\u003c\/i\u003e 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; \u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies \u003c\/i\u003eshows 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.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative framework for understanding structures, systems, and histories of injustice, environmental and otherwise. As Liboiron and Lepawsky make clear in this important, timely, and accessible work, it is a perspective we urgently need.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Robin Nagle, Clinical Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, New York University; author of \u003ci\u003ePicking Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Profoundly insightful, important, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how dominant systems maintain power through discarding and offers an inspiring theory of change.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Alice Mah, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick; author of \u003ci\u003ePlastic Unlimited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This generous book poses tough questions about scale, power, difference, and change. \u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers concerned with ecology and material justice in a violent world.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Samantha MacBride, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College of the City University of New York; author of \u003ci\u003eRecycling Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In \u003ci\u003eDiscard Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Liboiron and Lepawksy accomplish the seemingly impossible: a brilliant, entertaining, theoretically engaged, and accessible introduction to a field of vast importance. Read this! Even better, assign it to students.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Nancy Langston, Distinguished Professor of Environmental History, Michigan Technological University; author of \u003ci\u003eClimate Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Liboiron\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the author of \u003ci\u003ePollution is Colonialism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJosh Lepawsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the author of \u003ci\u003eReassembling Rubbish\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press). ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302281629925,"sku":"NP9780262543651","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543651.jpg?v=1767725177","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/discard-studies-isbn-9780262543651","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}