| Title |
Circulating waste, circulating bodies? A critical review of E-waste trade |
| ID_Doc |
27248 |
| Authors |
Rathore, GJS |
| Title |
Circulating waste, circulating bodies? A critical review of E-waste trade |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.12.005 |
| Abstract |
This review article uses India's e-waste economy to examine changes in the circular economy. Today, due to a mix of consumptive economies, urban ecological concerns and its disposal in the informal economy, e-waste governance is a critical issue for the country like it is elsewhere. Drawing on preliminary ethnographic findings in the e-waste sector in Jaipur, this review challenges some of the findings on surplus labour by observing the longstanding domination of caste and kinship structures in the domestic e-waste trade. I argue that we need to study expanding spatialities of e-waste through multi-site ethnographies and a focus on context specificities that would enrich our theorization of waste. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; E-waste; Waste; Recycling; Informal economy; Surplus labour; Caste; Muslim; Waste-worker |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000521513400018 |
| WoS Category |
Geography |
| Research Area |
Geography |
| PDF |
https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03579868/file/2020-rathore-circulating-waste-circulating-bodie.pdf
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