waste rebellions

Personal Reflection: Waste Rebellions and Waste Utopias.

This past set of readings really made me realize how waste is not just a physical problem — it’s deeply political. Waste can be used to challenge oppressive systems by making failure visible. In Sarah Moore’s article on Oaxaca, waste became a symbol of resistance. When the government stopped collecting garbage during political protests, the […]

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Final Blog Post: Personal Reflection on Waste Rebellions (For 4/27)

Waste rebellions are acts of resistance that make use of the actual reality of discarded items to challenge oppressive systems and question the dominant social order. Understanding that waste streams often reflect and worsen existing social inequalities, these acts turn trash from something we overlook into something that actively creates change. Think about the example

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