Wastiary : A bestiary of waste

doi:10.14324/111.9781800085183

Contributor(s)

Hennessy Picard, Michael (editor)

Brenchat Aguilar, Albert (editor)

Carroll, Timothy (editor)

Gilbert, Jane (editor)

Miller, Nicola (editor)

Language

English

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Abstract

Wastiary, or Bestiary of Waste, is a creative exercise that occupies letters, numbers, and symbols of Western academic language to compose a list of 35 short entries on the uncomfortable but pressing topic of waste in the contemporary world. The collection is richly illustrated with artwork, photography, collage and mixed media. The book is a heterodox compendium of ‘beasts of waste’, playfully re-imagining the medieval treatise on various kinds of animal. It conveys the message that various forms of waste and pollution have achieved a beast-like or untameable quality, at times pungently transferring to considerations of ‘the human’, or humans treated as waste.

URI

https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/177386

Keywords

waste;waste studies;cultural studies;modern languages;environment;social sciences; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFV Ethical issues and debates; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History

DOI

10.14324/111.9781800085183

ISBN

9781800085190, 9781800085206, 9781800085213

Publisher

UCL Press

Publication date and place

London, 2023

Wastiary