Circulating waste, circulating bodies? A critical review of E-waste trade

被引：9

作者：

Rathore, Gayatri Jai Singh ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Gottingen, Ctr Modern Indian Studies CeMIS, Friedlander Weg 73, D-37085 Gottingen, Germany

来源：

GEOFORUM | 2020年 / 110卷

关键词：

Circular economy; E-waste; Waste; Recycling; Informal economy; Surplus labour; Caste; Muslim; Waste-worker; URBAN INDIA; WORKERS; CHAINS; TRASH; CASTE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.12.005

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：180 / 182

页数：3

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