Field trips for Hist/Environ 223: Trashed! A History of Garbage in the Modern World
Field trips for Hist/Environ 223: Trashed! A History of Garbage in the Modern World
Academic Year:
2014 - 2015 (June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015)
Funding Requested:
$456.00
Project Dates:
-
Overview of the Project:
Trashed! explores the history of waste since the 19th century. We will trace how garbage – the actual stuff that humans discard – has changed along with methods of production, distribution and consumption. We will think about waste politics and garbage culture. We will examine how waste shapes societies, how it is managed, what roles it plays in different economies, how it integrates into people's everyday lives, and how it fits into their value systems. Most importantly, we explore how trash connects and divides people in different parts of an expanding and constricting world. In order to make these connections tangible, this course includes active explorative learning in particular two field trips to a waste processing facility and a materials recovery facility. It is in support of these field trips that we apply for funding.