For this week’s waste tracking, I took a picture of my trashcan at my mom’s house once again. The image shows various paper items and a big ginger ale bottle. A key point to highlight for this week is the fact that my mom and grandma were both sick during this weekend, and it is […]
In our recent readings, we have discussed the relevance of culture on cleaning practices. For example, in previous weeks, we discussed how different religions and cultures have a long past of practices, legend, and history with cleaning– that led to different practices with self-cleaning and home-cleaning. Similar to this practice of cleaning, a question should
Is shit learned disgust or programmed disgust? Read More »
Shit is something we all produce, but yet we don’t really talk about it. Before taking this class, I never really had a conversation on “shit” or even thought of “shit”. But now that I am thinking of it, I believe that since we were kids, we were told it is disgusting, shameful, something to
Shit, shame, And Seeing Things Differently. Read More »
Before starting this course, I never knew about the existence of the field of “discard studies.” These first few sets of readings for the course have been very interesting for me because they have made me aware of how important and interdisciplinary this field is: the abundance of in-depth research and fieldwork conducted in this
Personal Reflection on Cleaning Read More »