The Cultural Dimension of Waste: a critique of the ethos of technology

• Authors: Tomasz Sikora

Title variants

PL

Kulturalny wymiar odpadów: krytyka etosu technologii

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper critically discusses the worldview that technology can solve any problem regarding waste. A focus on technological fix may lead to an increase in problems in the future. The author argues that we might benefit from a cultural analysis of our notions of cleanliness and dirt, purity and contamination.

PL

W niniejszym artykule w krytyczny sposób omówiono światopogląd, zgodnie z którym technologia może rozwiązać każdy problem związany z odpadami. Koncentracja na rozwoju technologii może doprowadzić do narastania problemów w przyszłości. Autor stwierdza, że możemy czerpać korzyści z kulturalnej analizy naszego pojęcia ładu i brudu, czystości i zanieczyszczenia.

Keywords

EN

waste management; environmental engineering; cultural dimension of waste

PL

zarządzanie odpadami; inżyniera środowiska; kulturalny wymiar odpadów

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Ekonomiczny
• Journal: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3(27)
• Pages: 223-233

Dates

online

2013-09

Contributors

author

Tomasz Sikora

• University of Silesia, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

2081-8319