Copyright on the Farm
In 2015, tractor manufacturer John Deere made waves for sending its dealers a letter asserting that when farmers repaired their own John Deere equipment, what they were really…
In 2015, tractor manufacturer John Deere made waves for sending its dealers a letter asserting that when farmers repaired their own John Deere equipment, what they were really…
Content warning: this article covers topics of colonialism and genocide in Canada. In early June of 2021 news reports emerged about the remains of Indigenous children buried in…
The Dirt is a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in the field. Here is The Dirt for June, 2021.
In the 1980s, when menstruation was generally considered taboo, artist Jay Critchley made art out of discarded plastic tampon applicators washed up and collected on local beaches. With…
Starting in the early fall of 2021, we are looking for a new Managing Editor to oversee and carry out regular operations of Discard Studies and to create…
Discard Studies is a young field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
When there’s conflict, academics and teachers will often put together a reading list or syllabus to show the breadth and depth of knowledge on a topic that is…
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundespräsident Steinmeier, am 23.04.21 wurde das „Gesetz zur Regelung des Erscheinungsbilds von Beamtinnen und Beamten sowie zur Änderung weiterer dienstrechtlicher Vorschriften“ (…
Modern municipal waste disposal is not limited to removal of garbage, but often involves a strategic churning out of unwanted people, and extreme events such as dump fires…
Discard Studies publishes The Dirt, a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in the field of discard studies. Here is The Dirt for…
This short study analyzes the professional and political discussions of post-industrial and post-consumer waste, discards and recycling in state-socialist Hungary and connects these discourses with th…
Discard Studies is a young field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
If the disposability of menstrual products is not prioritised as much as their accessibility, India could be dealing with mountains of discarded waste products in less than 50…
The Lab Life series investigates what seem like mundane lab practices, but are critical to scientific humility, accountability and equity.
The Dirt is a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in the field of Discard Studies.
Wishcycling is the process of placing discards into the recycling bin even when there’s little to no chance for their recovery. The term entered common use over the…
“Boah, schon wieder scharfe Linsensuppe so früh am Morgen?! Können die nicht mal normales Frühstück zubereiten?!?” “Oh Gott, können die bitte aufhören, mitten in der Nacht zu hupen??…
[Footnotes is pleased to present this guest statement by Anthro Response Cauldron – a collective of people who (re)connected over Twitter during ROV, after recognising their shared concerns…
[Footnotes is pleased to present this guest statement by Anthro Response Cauldron – a collective of people who (re)connected over Twitter during ROV, after recognising their shared concerns…
Die Kritik an Wissenschaft, das Hinterfragen von wissenschaftlichen Befunden, Theorien und Analysen ist konstitutiver Bestandteil der wissenschaftlichen Praxis und genuines Element einer akademischen …
New articles, positions, special issues and calls for papers related to Discard Studies for January 2021.
Mit dieser Publikation wird die erste Staffel der RfM-Debatte nunmehr abgeschlossen und dokumentiert. Mit dieser Veröffentlichung wird die Debatte einem breiteren interessiertem Publikum in handlicher…
Declaring that a research is the “first” to discover, do, or go somewhere is not only rarely correct, given myriad local knowledges since time immemorial, but is also…
Geschichtskultureller Wandel, historisches Lernen und Erinnerung Wann: 01.03.2021 – 02.03.2021 Wo: Online Anmeldung bis 20. Februar 2021 bitte an: hilmig18@uni-hildesheim.de Seit 2018 werden im BMBF-V…