Shifting modes of governing municipal waste – A sociology of translation approach

Guzman, Gustavo; Souza, Mariana Mayumi Pereira de

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“…ANT allows for the analysis of waste management from the perspective of the emergence and competition of different networks that support specific results [34,52,53]. It is characterized by a complex interaction between the specific materialities of waste and sociocultural and political changes [54].…”

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“…Human and non-human actors can depart from the initial objective and redefine their identities, interests, and objectives. As a result, their actions can promote the rearticulation of the network, resulting in a different result, often opposite to the desired result [34,53].…”

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“…In the presentation of the research results, narratives were used that contributed to giving consistency to the empirical data, demonstrating their coherence, allowing for the creation of a new understanding of the phenomena under study [33,34]. To respect the ethical issues of maintaining the confidentiality of the participants, the actors were presented more comprehensively (e.g., like an employee of the city hall, without identifying the position occupied).…”

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Negotiations and Conflict in the Implementation of a Waste Pickers’ Cooperative: A Sociology of Translation Approach

2021

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The complexity of converting political options into socially, economically, and environmentally acceptable strategies places collectors of recyclable material and the challenges they experience on the agendas of research in science, technology, and society. This article aims to investigate the negotiations and conflicts that permeated the implementation of a waste pickers’ cooperative and its integration into the municipal solid waste management system. Considering the complexity of the theme, the methodological approach adopted was grounded theory. This method encourages the expansion of knowledge in an area through the connection of theoretical concepts and significant aspects of the actors’ experiences. The techniques applied for data collection included semi-structured interviews, participant observation, document analysis, and informal interviews. The results are based on narratives analyzed from concepts derived from the Sociology of Translation. It was possible to observe the efforts undertaken by multiple actors, sometimes in the construction and other times in the destabilization of a support network for the establishment of a cooperative. The network suffered dissidents and was destabilized by the habits of the original network and by unexpected events, which made the results achieved opposite to desired ones. In the end, the network was not stabilized, and municipal solid waste management was unchanged.

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“…Inadequate environmental management will result in restricted tourist visits, high levels of water and soil pollution, a decline in the aesthetic value of the environment, and a foul odor that would make people uncomfortable visiting the place [6][7][8]. The key, then, is to optimize waste management based on a sustainable development model and circular economy (by reducing, reusing, and recycling) [9]. Since the primary concern is not just on factors of environmental sustainability but also on economic impact, this technique started to be intensified [10].…”

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Interconnection between Business and Activism in Managing Waste: Case in Community-Based Waste Organization in Small Island Tourism of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Anugrah

2022

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Much has been studied about community-based waste organizations in Indonesia. Yet, most studies are concentrated in urban areas, and only some studies try to build a historical and comprehensive analysis of how the practice could exist, especially in a small island tourism context. To extend the discussion within this field, this study aims to analyze the trajectory and characteristics of community-based waste management in the Gili Trawangan since this organization has a unique character: It is a fusion between a waste transportation business, a waste bank, and a waste clean-up program. By using qualitative methods, case study approaches, and interviewing 13 key informants, this study concludes as follows. The Community Concern for the Environment (FMPL), the only community-based organization in Gili Trawangan's waste management sector, emerged and existed on a specific historical trajectory with the development of the tourism industry. The formation of this organization is inseparable from the group of local people in business's influence, yet along the way, the contribution of environmental NGOs on this island plays a significant role in promoting activism and environmental-based management. Hence, the interconnection between business (economy) interests and activism (environment) characterizes the uniqueness of how this island manages its waste.

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“…Scholars in urban science and technology studies (STS) have long studied the city through the lens of human and non-human networks (e.g. Farias & Bender, 2011;Guzman & De Souza, 2018;McFarlane, 2014). For the present article, I start at the microlevel, following the trash in an attempt to get a grip on urban waste management.…”

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Animal waste work. The case of urban sewage management in Sweden

Holmberg

2019

Contemporary Social Science

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Urban infrastructures such as wastewater services are essential to the functioning of cities. Through waste work, sewage gets transformed and revalued. Non-humans are potentially unruly agents in the transformation of "dirty" sewage into biogas, a "clean" energy resource in environmental terms. But these values are not given or applied in any simple sense. What goes on under the surface, beneath the street or inside a pile of dirt is the invaluable work that constitutes a city's multispecies waste management. The article argues that rats, worms and microbes perform labour in the urban wastewater economy, as they eat, digest and breed. This article investigates the role of these nonhuman waste workers and the cultural and economic values they produce in the intersections between the socio-technical infrastructures where the urban and the animal meet. The article makes use of "trash-tracing" as a method and follows the multiple steps taken in the chain of sewage management in the city of Gävle, Sweden. It contributes new knowledge on the waste ecologies of cities by paying close attention to shifting and paradoxical valuations of wastewater, as it is configured through nonhuman work.

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Shifting modes of governing municipal waste – A sociology of translation approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

Negotiations and Conflict in the Implementation of a Waste Pickers’ Cooperative: A Sociology of Translation Approach

Negotiations and Conflict in the Implementation of a Waste Pickers’ Cooperative: A Sociology of Translation Approach

Interconnection between Business and Activism in Managing Waste: Case in Community-Based Waste Organization in Small Island Tourism of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Animal waste work. The case of urban sewage management in Sweden

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