Resisting the Wasteocene

Marco Armiero is OPORTUNIUS Research Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela and associate researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.Francesco Vettori holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Bologna, Italy. He is a member of the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA).Francesca Gabbriellini holds a PhD in History from the University of Bologna, Italy, and currently works at the Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan.Claudia Lanzidei is a PhD student at the University of Bologna, Italy.

• PART I: AROUND THE WASTEOCENE IN TEN STAGES1. Green Ship Recycling: Camelia Dewan, University of Oslo, Norway 2. Circular Logics: Christine Hegel, Western Connecticut State University, USA 3. The landfill in Cuba: Claudia Lanzidei, University of Bologna, Italy 4. Poisoned by Peace, Damir Arsenijevic, University of Tuzla, Bosnia5. Toxic narratives of the Wasteocene in Africa: Elijah Doro, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany6. Making the Common in the factory: Francesca Gabbriellini, University of Bologna, Italy7. In the cracks of the Wasteocene: Francesco Vettori, University of Bologna, Italy8. “Born of the rubbish”: Patrick O’Hare, University of St Andrews, UK 9. Waste as lens to unpick the toxic narratives of ‘climate migrants’ in Dakar, Senegal: Sarah Walke, University of Bologna, Italy 10. Socialist Wasteocene: Viktor Pál, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic PART II: MIRRORS OF THE WASTEOCENE 11. Transcending the Wasteocene: Jason Moore, Binghamton University, USA12. The Waste of the West?: Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 13. Reimagining Waste, Value and Commons: Julie Sze, UC Davis, USA 14. Wasteocene and Its Contribution to Reflect on the Global Ecological Crisis: Lingjing Wu, Xia Mingfang, Renmin University of ChinaConclusion: Marco Armiero, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain