Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins focuses on waste as an experience of everyday life that is continuous with, but not a result only of, occupation. Tracing Palestinians' own experiences of wastes over the past decade, she considers how multiple authorities governing the West Bank—including municipalities, the Palestinian Authority, international aid organizations, NGOs, and Israel—rule by waste siege, whether intentionally or not. Her work challenges both common formulations of waste as "matter out of place" and as the ontological opposite of the environment, by suggesting instead that waste siege be understood as an ecology of "matter with no place to go." Waste siege thus not only describes a stateless Palestine, but also becomes a metaphor for our besieged planet.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781503610897
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Date: 12-10-2019
Pages: 344
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and
About the Author
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College.
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