Garbage In—But Hopefully Not Just Garbage Out! Professional Development and the Politics of Landfill Site Remediation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12377610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence T Woods (American University of Sharjah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 04 |
| Pages | 891-894 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096506061142 |
| OpenAlex | W2118634078 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
When is garbage not garbage? A conference on cleaning, clearing, and reclaiming a dump site may seem an unlikely place for political scientists and scholars of international relations to pursue professional development, but the pursuit of knowledge knows no bounds—even if the smell can be hard on the nose itself! Observing such supposedly non-political sessions can quickly reveal that they are anything but, and discussions of how garbage is handled elsewhere can offer useful comparative insights as the local becomes global. Furthermore, few occasions provide such a useful context for developing one's critical thinking skills and recognizing the value of interdisciplinarity—an approach often touted as desirable in our profession.My thanks to John Chilton, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the members of the Dubai Natural History Group, and an anonymous reviewer for this journal for their feedback on earlier versions of this essay. I am also indebted to Hassan Tayim, Robert Cook, and the participants in the conference which prompted this article for their organizational efforts and inspiration
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Garbage · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Waste management · Engineering · History · Law · Social Science and Policy Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |