Geographies of Trash

(Paperback, English)

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In the Age of Environment, the scale of waste management is geographic all while often relegating such undesired matter to invisibility as "matter out of place." Geographies of Trash reclaims the role of forms, technologies, economies and logistics of the waste system in the production of new aesthetics and politics of urbanism. Honored with a 2014 ACSA Faculty Design Award, the book charts the geographies of trash in Michigan across scales to propose five speculative projects that bring to visibility disciplinary controversies on the relations of technology, space and politics.

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"A unique and informative study, "Geographies of Trash" is exceptionally well organized and presented making it an invaluable and highly recommended addition to professional, corporate, governmental, college and university Environmental Studies reference collections in general, and Waste Management supplemental studies reading lists in particular." --Paul T. Vogel, Midwest Book Review

Author Bio

Rania Ghosn is an architect, geographer and partner of Design Earth. She is currently assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture + Planning. Her work critically frames the urban condition at the intersection of politics, aesthetics and technological systems - be they energy, trash, or farming. Rania holds a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master in Geography from University College London, and a Bachelor of Architecture from American University of Beirut. Prior to joining University of Michigan, she was an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan. Rania is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG2: Landscapes of Energy. Some of her recent writings have been published in San Rocco, Journal of Architectural Education, MONU, Thresholds, Bracket, and Perspecta. El Hadi Jazairy is an architect and partner of Design Earth. He is currently assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, where he teaches courses in the architecture and urban design programs. His research investigates spaces of exception -such as institutional campuses, free zones, and city-states- as predominant forms of contemporary urbanization. El Hadi received a Dipl(TM)me d'Architecte from La Cambre in Brussels, a Master of Architecture from Cornell University and a Doctorate of Design from Harvard University. He is a licensed architect at the Belgium National Architectural Accrediting Board. From 2000 to 2005, he collaborated with Elia Zenghelis and Xaveer de Geyter architecten. El Hadi is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG4: Scales of the Earth. Some of his recent work has been published in Journal of Cultural Geography, GSD Platform, San Rocco, MONU and Topos.