Recycling Infrastructures in Cambodia - Circularity, Waste, and Urban Life in Phnom Penh

This book examines the recycling infrastructure in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, considering the circular flows of waste and practices through 'infracycles', maintenance practices that tinker with the social and capitalist order. It will be of interest to environmental anthropology, science & tech, urban studies, & SEA studies.

List of contents

Introduction: The Map to Begin With Part I – Embedded. A Past Futuring Chapter 1: Mapping the History of Waste Part II – Entangled. The Urban Recycling Infrastructure Chapter 2: Material Trajectories, Circulating People; Chapter 3: Tinkering with the New Order; Chapter 4: Interplays between Waste and Nature Part III – Emerging. Oozy Materialities Chapter 5: What Slips Through the Cracks?; Inferences – Re:cycling Infrastructures; References

About the author

Kathrin Eitel is a cultural anthropologist and a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Her work focuses on environmental matters, such as waste and water, queer ecologies and infrastructures.

Summary

This book examines the recycling infrastructure in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, considering the circular flows of waste and practices through ‘infracycles’, maintenance practices that tinker with the social and capitalist order. It will be of interest to environmental anthropology, science & tech, urban studies, & SEA studies.

Product details

• Authors: Kathrin Eitel
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032154671
• ISBN: 978-1-032-15467-1
• No. of pages: 186
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General