Wastelands

Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual Displacement of Ashkali and Romani Scavengers

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Eirik Saethre

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Wastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined from the economy, and subjected to violence. To survive, Ashkali collect the only resource available to them: garbage. Vividly recounting everyday life in an illegal Romani settlement, Eirik Saethre follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. He argues that trash is not just a means of survival: it reinforces the status of Ashkali and Roma as polluted Others, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty.

Author Biography:

Eirik Saethre is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is the author of Illness Is a Weapon and coauthor of Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty.

Release date Australia

October 6th, 2020

Author

Eirik Saethre

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

252

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9780520368514

Product ID

33397462

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