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- W3038016249 abstract "Asan applied anthropology study of electronic waste (e-waste) in the remote townof Alice Springs, this dissertation chronicles how e-waste is understood andmanaged in the arid interior of Australia. What is electronic waste?‘Electronic’ refers to the presence and movement of electricity throughout anobject so that it may perform some expected function. Waste, however, defiessimple definition. Waste usually refers to something that has been discardeddue to being unwanted or unusable.Thisdissertation traces and tracks the boundaries of e-waste in Central Australiausing ethnographic methods, anthropological theories of waste, and digitalgarbology. Digital garbology, a synthesis of digital anthropology andgarbology, helps to identify and recommend strategies for confronting uneven,and often unjust, distributions of e-waste. Rather than focusing solely ondiscarded consumer electronics, this dissertation takes a critical look intothe different types of waste emerging from the production, use, maintenance,and discard of electronics.Overthe course of thirteen months of fieldwork in Alice Springs, it became clearthat the label e-waste is not consistently applied to discarded electronics.E-waste is often discarded in out-of-sight locations such as landfills,recycling centers, and illegal dumping grounds. Before being discarded,however, unused electronics are often stored inside homes, sheds, and otherliving spaces. Rather than simply focusing on electronic objects that havealready been thrown away, this dissertation explores how and why someelectronics seem to resist being labeled as e-waste.WhyAlice Springs? The management of e-waste in Australia has focused on the recoveryof valuable metals from the recycling of televisions, computers, and mobilephones at the expense of other discarded electronics such as solar panels andhousehold appliances. And yet, the closest e-waste recycling facility to AliceSprings is over 1,500 kilometres (900 miles) away in Adelaide, South Australia.The remoteness of Alice Springs reduces the ecological benefits of recycling.However, it also creates room to discuss the viability of alternative e-wastemanagement strategies such as reuse and repair." @default.
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- W3038016249 title "An Applied Anthropology of Electronic Waste in Central Australia" @default.
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