Graham Pickren
Biographic Data
| ID | 950906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Pickren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Pickren |
| SIGNATURE | PICKREN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The frontiers of North America's fossil fuel boom
This article focuses in on the ways in which the North American energy boom is reworking environments and livelihoods in the Great Lakes, focusing in particular on the expansion of BP's Chicago-area refinery as it has pivoted towards processing Canadian tar sands oil. In examining this 're-industrialization', the article contributes to an ongoing discussion about the relationship between fossil fuels, limits to capitalism, and the importance of f…
Blended learning with international students
While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) continues to transform learning, international migration and the increasing complexity of intercultural exchange and communication continue to do so as well. In this paper, we connect the dots and ask how ICTs can be used to enhance the learning experiences of international students. Using a case study of a new program for first-year international students at a Canadian university…
The global assemblage of digital flow’
Geographers have been at the forefront of interrogating the changes made possible by the ubiquity of computing and the phenomenon of ‘big data’ in an emerging field known as ‘critical data studies’. In this article, I argue that engagement with the proliferation of computing infrastructures that make these new developments possible in the first place allows critical data studies to gain important historical-geographical perspective, connect to ne…
Making connections between global production networks for used goods and the realm of production
Recent scholarship on waste within economic geography and global production network (GPN) studies has identified several unique characteristics of networks for used goodsvis-à-vis'traditional' GPN studies focused on production, exchange and consumption. However, in un-bracketing GPNs to include analysis of post-consumption activity, identifying how the distinct moments of production, exchange, consumption and disposal/recycling are related become…
Geographies of E-waste
The production and circulation of electronic waste, or e-waste, has garnered significant popular and academic attention over the last decade and a half. While much of this work has come from the fields of waste management, engineering, chemistry, and public policy, geographers have made significant contributions to understanding this uniquely modern problem in a number of areas: mapping e-waste flows at multiple scales; exploring informal e-waste…
Political Ecologies of Electronic Waste
Geographers broadly, and political ecologists in particular, have been at the forefront of analyzing the progressive linking of Northern consumption practices with livelihoods elsewhere, problematizing the devolution that places 'citizen-consumers', NGOs, and corporate actors as key political agents of protecting workers and environments, promoting 'ethical' trade, and 'greening' economies through their purchasing choices. Utilizing empirical wor…
Global destruction networks, labour and waste
Analysis of waste has largely focused on the physical transformation of commodities at the ends of their lives. This has led to a discourse of ongoingness in which the re-use of commodities’ parts is often seen to be almost endless. Such a focus on form, though, fails to adequately account for the movement of value—used here in the Marxist sense of ‘congealed labour’—or to recognize the centrality of the labour process in shaping how previously u…
Waste, commodity fetishism and the ongoingness of economic life
Waste in general, and e‐waste in particular, has become a topic of interest in recent years. One focus of attention has been on how commodities are broken up after the putative end of their lives, with such commodities' constituent elements then being used as inputs into other products. The fact that much waste is recycled in this manner has led several scholars to emphasise the ‘ongoingness’ of economic life. In this context, Lepawsky and Mather…
The global assemblage of digital flow’
Geographers have been at the forefront of interrogating the changes made possible by the ubiquity of computing and the phenomenon of ‘big data’ in an emerging field known as ‘critical data studies’. In this article, I argue that engagement with the proliferation of computing infrastructures that make these new developments possible in the first place allows critical data studies to gain important historical-geographical perspective, connect to ne…
Global destruction networks, labour and waste
Analysis of waste has largely focused on the physical transformation of commodities at the ends of their lives. This has led to a discourse of ongoingness in which the re-use of commodities’ parts is often seen to be almost endless. Such a focus on form, though, fails to adequately account for the movement of value—used here in the Marxist sense of ‘congealed labour’—or to recognize the centrality of the labour process in shaping how previously u…
Political Ecologies of Electronic Waste
Geographers broadly, and political ecologists in particular, have been at the forefront of analyzing the progressive linking of Northern consumption practices with livelihoods elsewhere, problematizing the devolution that places 'citizen-consumers', NGOs, and corporate actors as key political agents of protecting workers and environments, promoting 'ethical' trade, and 'greening' economies through their purchasing choices. Utilizing empirical wor…
Geographies of E-waste
The production and circulation of electronic waste, or e-waste, has garnered significant popular and academic attention over the last decade and a half. While much of this work has come from the fields of waste management, engineering, chemistry, and public policy, geographers have made significant contributions to understanding this uniquely modern problem in a number of areas: mapping e-waste flows at multiple scales; exploring informal e-waste…
Waste, commodity fetishism and the ongoingness of economic life
Waste in general, and e‐waste in particular, has become a topic of interest in recent years. One focus of attention has been on how commodities are broken up after the putative end of their lives, with such commodities' constituent elements then being used as inputs into other products. The fact that much waste is recycled in this manner has led several scholars to emphasise the ‘ongoingness’ of economic life. In this context, Lepawsky and Mather…
The frontiers of North America's fossil fuel boom
This article focuses in on the ways in which the North American energy boom is reworking environments and livelihoods in the Great Lakes, focusing in particular on the expansion of BP's Chicago-area refinery as it has pivoted towards processing Canadian tar sands oil. In examining this 're-industrialization', the article contributes to an ongoing discussion about the relationship between fossil fuels, limits to capitalism, and the importance of f…
Making connections between global production networks for used goods and the realm of production
Recent scholarship on waste within economic geography and global production network (GPN) studies has identified several unique characteristics of networks for used goodsvis-à-vis'traditional' GPN studies focused on production, exchange and consumption. However, in un-bracketing GPNs to include analysis of post-consumption activity, identifying how the distinct moments of production, exchange, consumption and disposal/recycling are related become…
Global destruction networks, labour and waste
Analysis of waste has largely focused on the physical transformation of commodities at the ends of their lives. This has led to a discourse of ongoingness in which the re-use of commodities’ parts is often seen to be almost endless. Such a focus on form, though, fails to adequately account for the movement of value—used here in the Marxist sense of ‘congealed labour’—or to recognize the centrality of the labour process in shaping how previously u…
Waste, commodity fetishism and the ongoingness of economic life
Waste in general, and e‐waste in particular, has become a topic of interest in recent years. One focus of attention has been on how commodities are broken up after the putative end of their lives, with such commodities' constituent elements then being used as inputs into other products. The fact that much waste is recycled in this manner has led several scholars to emphasise the ‘ongoingness’ of economic life. In this context, Lepawsky and Mather…
Geographies of E-waste
The production and circulation of electronic waste, or e-waste, has garnered significant popular and academic attention over the last decade and a half. While much of this work has come from the fields of waste management, engineering, chemistry, and public policy, geographers have made significant contributions to understanding this uniquely modern problem in a number of areas: mapping e-waste flows at multiple scales; exploring informal e-waste…
Political Ecologies of Electronic Waste
Geographers broadly, and political ecologists in particular, have been at the forefront of analyzing the progressive linking of Northern consumption practices with livelihoods elsewhere, problematizing the devolution that places 'citizen-consumers', NGOs, and corporate actors as key political agents of protecting workers and environments, promoting 'ethical' trade, and 'greening' economies through their purchasing choices. Utilizing empirical wor…
Making connections between global production networks for used goods and the realm of production
Recent scholarship on waste within economic geography and global production network (GPN) studies has identified several unique characteristics of networks for used goodsvis-à-vis'traditional' GPN studies focused on production, exchange and consumption. However, in un-bracketing GPNs to include analysis of post-consumption activity, identifying how the distinct moments of production, exchange, consumption and disposal/recycling are related become…
The global assemblage of digital flow’
Geographers have been at the forefront of interrogating the changes made possible by the ubiquity of computing and the phenomenon of ‘big data’ in an emerging field known as ‘critical data studies’. In this article, I argue that engagement with the proliferation of computing infrastructures that make these new developments possible in the first place allows critical data studies to gain important historical-geographical perspective, connect to ne…
Blended learning with international students
While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) continues to transform learning, international migration and the increasing complexity of intercultural exchange and communication continue to do so as well. In this paper, we connect the dots and ask how ICTs can be used to enhance the learning experiences of international students. Using a case study of a new program for first-year international students at a Canadian university…
The frontiers of North America's fossil fuel boom
This article focuses in on the ways in which the North American energy boom is reworking environments and livelihoods in the Great Lakes, focusing in particular on the expansion of BP's Chicago-area refinery as it has pivoted towards processing Canadian tar sands oil. In examining this 're-industrialization', the article contributes to an ongoing discussion about the relationship between fossil fuels, limits to capitalism, and the importance of f…
Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 works) · Sustainable Supply Chain Management (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works)