Anna Lora‐Wainwright
Biographic Data
| ID | 5225937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Lora‐Wainwright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Lora‐Wainwright |
| SIGNATURE | WAINWRIGHT A L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exporting harm, scavenging value
Alternately cherished as a valuable resource and reviled as toxic and/or worthless detritus, depending on one's cultural vantage, e‐waste comprises the scratched, dented, tarnished flipside of the lucrative consumer electronics industry. This article focuses attention on flows of e‐waste from J apan to E ast A sia, scrutinising channels of production, consumption, reuse and conversion. First, the authors interpret the rhetoric of recycling and su…
Peering through loopholes, tracing conversions
Interdisciplinary studies of ‘e-waste’ (i.e. electronic waste and residues, also known as WEEE) penetrate to the heart of complex issues that drive present-day human geography: contested mappings; socio-material transformations; ‘epistemic murk’ (Taussig 1987, 127) in field settings; human and non-human assemblages; elite and marginal ethnographic perspectives; varying reckonings of risk and value; policed and permeable borders; and interpretive …
Rural China in ruins
China has officially become a predominantly urban country, with over 50% of the population now registered as urban residents. Its urbanization process has been described as the most managed in human history. The Chinese government manages the building of new cities, regulates the housing of displaced people and controls squatters. As an historically poorer area, the west of China has been the target of ongoing efforts at infrastructural developme…
Eating spring rice
Exporting harm, scavenging value
Alternately cherished as a valuable resource and reviled as toxic and/or worthless detritus, depending on one's cultural vantage, e‐waste comprises the scratched, dented, tarnished flipside of the lucrative consumer electronics industry. This article focuses attention on flows of e‐waste from J apan to E ast A sia, scrutinising channels of production, consumption, reuse and conversion. First, the authors interpret the rhetoric of recycling and su…
Peering through loopholes, tracing conversions
Interdisciplinary studies of ‘e-waste’ (i.e. electronic waste and residues, also known as WEEE) penetrate to the heart of complex issues that drive present-day human geography: contested mappings; socio-material transformations; ‘epistemic murk’ (Taussig 1987, 127) in field settings; human and non-human assemblages; elite and marginal ethnographic perspectives; varying reckonings of risk and value; policed and permeable borders; and interpretive …
Rural China in ruins
China has officially become a predominantly urban country, with over 50% of the population now registered as urban residents. Its urbanization process has been described as the most managed in human history. The Chinese government manages the building of new cities, regulates the housing of displaced people and controls squatters. As an historically poorer area, the west of China has been the target of ongoing efforts at infrastructural developme…
Eating spring rice
Eating spring rice
Rural China in ruins
China has officially become a predominantly urban country, with over 50% of the population now registered as urban residents. Its urbanization process has been described as the most managed in human history. The Chinese government manages the building of new cities, regulates the housing of displaced people and controls squatters. As an historically poorer area, the west of China has been the target of ongoing efforts at infrastructural developme…
Exporting harm, scavenging value
Alternately cherished as a valuable resource and reviled as toxic and/or worthless detritus, depending on one's cultural vantage, e‐waste comprises the scratched, dented, tarnished flipside of the lucrative consumer electronics industry. This article focuses attention on flows of e‐waste from J apan to E ast A sia, scrutinising channels of production, consumption, reuse and conversion. First, the authors interpret the rhetoric of recycling and su…
Peering through loopholes, tracing conversions
Interdisciplinary studies of ‘e-waste’ (i.e. electronic waste and residues, also known as WEEE) penetrate to the heart of complex issues that drive present-day human geography: contested mappings; socio-material transformations; ‘epistemic murk’ (Taussig 1987, 127) in field settings; human and non-human assemblages; elite and marginal ethnographic perspectives; varying reckonings of risk and value; policed and permeable borders; and interpretive …
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · China (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work)