The Materiality of Domestic Waste

The Recycled Cosmology of the Dogon of Mali

Bibliographic Data

ID2390901
AuthorsLaurence Douny (0009-0007-9628-4261, University College London, UK,, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume12
Issue3
Pages309-331
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183507081897
OpenAlexW2100868526
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited21

This article explores some of the multiple forms and uses of Dogon domestic waste, considering daily shared experiences of the matter. It examines the implicit meanings objectified in the materiality of, and the daily praxis associated with, rubbish that the Dogon select and allocate to particular places in and out of their `home container'. These are framed within a recycled cosmology that encompasses a plurality of entangled world-views that inform us about the life cycles of people, environment and society

Aesthetics · Art · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Materiality (auditing · Praxis · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy