The Materiality of Domestic Waste

The Recycled Cosmology of the Dogon of Mali

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2390901
AutoresLaurence Douny (0009-0007-9628-4261, University College London, UK,, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume12
Fascículo3
Páginas309-331
Data de publicação2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183507081897
OpenAlexW2100868526
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25
Referências citadas21

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