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Toxins or Toxicants

WebToxins are poisons produced within living cells or organs of plants, animals, and bacteria.Toxicants are synthetic, human-made, toxic chemicals. The difference is not …

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Bibliography on critical approaches to toxics and toxicity

WebCritical approaches are those that question premises, assumptions, and ways that things become normal or stable. Toxicity, toxins, and toxicants are areas of critical …

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CFP: The Theory and Practice of the Six Non-Naturals (c.1400-1700)

WebHealthy Living in Pre-Modern Europe. The Theory and Practice of the Six Non-Naturals (c.1400-1700) Conference Venue: Institute of Historical Research, …

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Superbugs evolve in waste water, and could end up in our food

WebBy Serena Caucci, United Nations University. Originally published September 2016 @ The Conversation. We are heading into a post-antibiotic era, where common …

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CFP: Queer/Crip Contagions Discard Studies

WebFull Papers due February 1, 2017. This special issue charts the limits and possibilities of queer/crip biosocial politics by examining the ways these intersect and co …

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CFP: Living in a Toxic World (1800-2000) Discard Studies

WebThe purpose of this session is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for current historical research on toxic products during the two last centuries (1800-2000). 11th …

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The power (& disempowerment) of Menstrual Hygiene Management

Webby Shobita Parthasarathy. In honor of Menstrual Hygiene day (May 28, for the 28 days of the menstrual cycle), it is important to reflect on how development …

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“A discard in the fountain” by Eric Friedman Discard Studies

WebFor the better part of a week last year, this corrugated, cardboard box sat in the much-maligned central fountain in Journal Square in Jersey City. I chose this …

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Journal Square, Old and New Discard Studies

WebAnton Nelessen Associates and Dean Marchetto Architects created a New Urbanist redevelopment plan for Journal Square that has the potential to translate the …

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Review of ‘Love Canal: A Toxic History from Colonial Times to the

WebRichard S. Newman’s recent book offers a new history of Love Canal, the neighborhood near Niagara Falls that became notoriously contaminated by buried …

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Body Burdens, Biomonitoring, and Biocitizenship Discard Studies

WebBody burdens become legible through practices of biomonitoring, and sometimes through claims of biocitizenship – through which life becomes the basis for …

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Roundtable reviews of “Banned: A History of Pesticides and the …

WebHumanities Net (H-net), has just published a free, open access roundtable of reviews of Frederick Davis’ Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of …

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Syllabi Discard Studies

WebDo you have a syllabus to share? E-mail [mliboiron [at] mun.ca]. GEOG4030: Discard Studies Josh Lepawsky Geography Memorial University Anth297: Pure Filth: …

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Petri Dish Discard Studies

WebJulius Richard Petri (1852-1921) worked as an assistant for Robert Koch in Berlin at the Imperial Health office. Koch, who identified the microorganisms responsible …

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Environmentality Discard Studies

WebThis post is part of the Discard Studies Compendium, a keyword text. Environmentality is a term used to describe an approach to understanding complex …

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New York City settles with Occupy Wall Street for unconstitutional

WebBy Max Liboiron. Nearly a year ago, I posted about a lawsuit brought against the City of New York by the People’s Library of Occupy Wall Street for trashing …

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The Dirt Discard Studies

WebDiscard Studies is an interdisciplinary field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of …

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Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority …

WebNeighborhoods with median annual incomes below US$25,000 were nearly 2 decibels louder than neighborhoods with incomes above $100,000 per year. And …

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Sanitation Workers: Hurricane Sandy’s First Responders

WebSince Sandy, they’ve been honored alongside NYPD and NYFD, a petition to add them to the first responder list for gas lines gained over 6,000 signatures in short …

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CFP-Crip Technoscience Discard Studies

WebEdited by Kelly Fritsch, Aimi Hamraie, Mara Mills, and David Serlin. We invite submissions to a peer-reviewed themed section of Catalyst on the topic of “Crip …

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A Bibliography for Teaching Flint Discard Studies

WebThis bibliography is designed for professors who want to "teach Flint" in their classrooms. The Flint, Michigan water crisis is an extreme but quintessential case study …

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Consider the Vulture: An Ethical Approach to Roadkill

WebWe need an ethical approach to roadkill that considers the vultures as well as the deer. * * *. You can pack only so many deer carcasses into the back of a pickup …

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