Material Possession and Circulation. Outdated electronic appliances in Bolivia and the South-Central Andes

物质占有和流通。

• 批准号: 418836746
• 负责人: Dr. Eva Juliane Müller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Barcelona (UB)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/418836746?language=en
• 关键词: Material; Possession; Circulation.; Outdated; electronic

This project explores the transformation and (re-)evaluation of outdated electronic equipment in Bolivia from an economic anthropology and material culture approach. It follows the final life-cycle of appliances, looking at storage practices, repair and trading of extracted components and metals. Based on insights from my previous research on the market for electronic appliances in Bolivia and the Andean-Pacific, it analyses recycling practices and the circulation of residues at a moment of heightened material possession and waste production in a historical culture of scarcity and an ecologically fragile environment. By focusing on the everyday handling and forms of valuation of outdated electronics on the one hand, and trading practices and electronic waste regimes on the other, I aim to contribute to the literature on material culture, consumption and value in anthropology, and the emergent interdisciplinary field of (electronic) waste studies. This dual focus allows me to take alternative (local and regional) economic modalities and socio-material forms of valuation as a starting point to explore the global issue of electronic waste.

该项目从经济人类学和物质文化的角度探讨了玻利维亚过时电子设备的改造和（重新）评估。它遵循电器的最后生命周期，研究提取的部件和金属的储存做法、维修和交易。基于我以前对玻利维亚和安第斯-太平洋地区电子电器市场的研究，它分析了在历史文化稀缺和生态脆弱的环境中，在物质占有和废物生产增加的时刻，回收利用的做法和残留物的流通。通过关注过时电子产品的日常处理和估价形式，以及交易实践和电子废物制度，我的目标是为人类学中的物质文化，消费和价值以及新兴的跨学科领域（电子）废物研究做出贡献。这种双重关注使我能够以替代（地方和区域）经济模式和社会物质形式的估值为出发点，探讨全球电子废物问题。