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dc.contributor.authorO'Hare, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-31T08:30:12Z
dc.date.available2021-05-31T08:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-27
dc.identifier274401856
dc.identifier2b2c484c-8ccd-49be-b349-5fbb22a5eb35
dc.identifier85152282144
dc.identifier.citationO'Hare , P 2021 , ' Cambridge, Carnaval , and the ‘actually existing circularity’ of plastics ' , Worldwide Waste: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies , vol. 4 , no. 1 , 4 . https://doi.org/10.5334/wwwj.66en
dc.identifier.issn2399-7117
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-2535-2881/work/94669950
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/23278
dc.description.abstractThis article draws on comparative ethnographic research on plastic consumption, (re)use, and disposal in households and collective spaces in Cambridge (England) and Montevideo (Uruguay). Focusing on practices of re-use by individuals and collectives, it argues that these constitute forms of ‘actually existing circularity’ that provide an alternative to circular economy schemes premised on retained corporate ownership. In the context of discussions of the circular economy that are often limited to the macro policy level, this article thus provides a degree of granularity and a focus on everyday practices. Connecting with debates around materiality, it argues both that we must play close attention to the synthetic materials that surround us in everyday life, and that a focus on materials can help demonstrate the way that commodity status can be undone through projects of collective, inventive re-use that spill out beyond the household. Finally, it points to the potentially disenfranchising elements of dominant business-friendly circular economy visions and the way that these might disrupt complex materials pathways and cultures of re-use and repair rather than straight-forward linear economies.
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dc.format.extent2959044
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofWorldwide Waste: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studiesen
dc.subjectPlasticen
dc.subjectCircular economyen
dc.subjectRe-useen
dc.subjectCarnavalen
dc.subjectGN Anthropologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growthen
dc.subjectSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Productionen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.subject.lccGNen
dc.titleCambridge, Carnaval, and the ‘actually existing circularity’ of plasticsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Social Anthropologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.5334/wwwj.66
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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