Subverting Consumerism

Robert Crocker (DPhil.) teaches the history and theory of design and design for sustainability in the School of Art, Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia, where he is Deputy Director of the China Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development. His research is focused on consumption and its contributing role in our environmental crisis. His most recent book is Somebody Else’s Problem: Consumerism, Sustainability and Design (Greenleaf / Routledge 2016).Keri Chiveralls (PhD.) is the Discipline Lead and Head of Program for the first full degree course offered in Permaculture at CQUniversity. Her research interests are in cultural and environmental anthropology, social movement studies and theories of social change. She received her doctorate in Anthropology/Social Inquiry at the University of Adelaide in 2008. Since then she has published book chapters, journal articles and presented at national and international conferences.

• IntroductionRobert Crocker and Keri Chiveralls Acceleration, Consumerism and Reuse: A Changing ParadigmRobert CrockerPART I: CULTURE, MEANING AND VALUE Using Art to Research Diverse Economies: Social Experiments in Re-Valuing WasteMax Liboiron Repurposing Cultural Heritages Collections: The Aesthetics and Meaning of ReuseSally Butler The Devil’s Horns are Made from Toilet Rolls: Creating Costumes and Communities from ‘Junk’ ObjectsClaire LangsfordPART II: STRATEGIES AND LANDSCAPES OF REUSE Renew(ing) Newcastle and Complicating Capitalism: Contributory Economies, Artisanal Production and the DIY Occupation of Disused Commercial SpaceCathy Smith Rapid Urbanisation and Wang Shu’s Architecture: The Use of Spolia and Vernacular Traditions in ChinaHing-Wah Chau Public Space for Changing Times: Reuse Strategies in transforming the ‘Wastelands’ of CitiesGini Lee PART III: REVIVING PRACTICES OF REPAIR AND REUSE Fix it: Barriers to Repair and Opportunities for ChangeTim Cooper and Giuseppe Salvia ReDress: Maximising Component Reuse for FashionKim Fraser Composting as Everyday Alchemy: Producing Compost from Food Scraps in Twenty-First Century Urban EnvironmentsVivienne Waller, Linkda Blackall and Peter Newton Reuse in Earthship Construction: Reclaiming the Past to Shape the FutureKeri Chiveralls

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