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Against the Aestheticization of Technofossils: Considering Migrant Labor and Petrochemical Feedstocks in the Future History of Plastic
[Sammelwerksbeitrag]
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Abstract Plastic and its waste are eye-catching and culturally laden materials. Given that their histories have become entangled with the notion of the technofossil, how can we resist the temptation to aestheticize this material legacy which is accumulating in the rock record? Guiding us through the historic... mehr
Plastic and its waste are eye-catching and culturally laden materials. Given that their histories have become entangled with the notion of the technofossil, how can we resist the temptation to aestheticize this material legacy which is accumulating in the rock record? Guiding us through the historical roots, current excesses, and future imaginations of plasticulture in Germany, Spain, and Brazil, historian of technology Andrea Westermann highlights the interconnection of health and environmental hazards as well as consumerism and the exploitation of migrant labor. She calls for including mining and mineral resource issues into future histories of plastic.... weniger
Klassifikation
Geschichte
Freie Schlagwörter
Anthropocene; Anthropozän; Environmental History
Titel Sammelwerk, Herausgeber- oder Konferenzband
Anthropogenic Markers: Stratigraphy and Context
Herausgeber
Rosol, Christoph; Rispoli, Giulia
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0