Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS
Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS
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DOI：
10.1068/d9610
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Schneider, Tillmann
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作者：
Beisel, Uli;Schneider, Tillmann
本文是关于一辆德国救护车在加纳从物质和社会转型为加纳小型巴士--tro-tros。我们追踪了一辆梅赛德斯-奔驰310从德国的Winnenden到加纳的Kumasi的旅程，并研究了Retonggswagen 7/83-2到tro-tro Dr.JESUS的转变。追踪汽车的地理生物使我们能够探索欧洲和西非之间的特定物质关系。考虑到关于技术转让和转型的争论，我们主张对“流动技术”有一个细致入微的理解，其中包括机会，但也强调了物体转让和转型所涉及的危险。此外，通过在废弃物品的国际贸易中定位重复使用的公交车，我们引入了废物地方化的概念，以强调物品不断变化的用途和价值。在这篇文章中，我们建议需要仔细关注二手物品的矛盾地理生物学。
This paper is concerned with the material and social transformation of a German ambulance car into a Ghanaian minibus-called tro-tros in Ghana. We track the journey of a Mercedes Benz 310 from Winnenden in Germany to Kumasi in Ghana and examine the transformation of Rettungswagen 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS. Tracing the car's geobiography enables us to explore a specific material relation between Europe and West Africa. Considering debates on technology transfer and transformation, we argue for a nuanced understanding of 'fluid technologies' that includes opportunities but also emphasises the dangers implicated in the transfer and transformation of objects. Furthermore, by locating the reused bus within international trade in discarded objects, we introduce the notion of 'provincialising waste' to underline changing uses and values of objects. In this paper we suggest that careful attention needs to be paid to the ambivalent geobiographies of secondhand objects.