Wastelands: Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual Displacement of Ashkali and Romani Scavengers

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Eirik Saethre

Wastelands

Recycled Commodities and the Perpetual Displacement of Ashkali and Romani Scavengers

Eirik Saethre

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English

University of California Press
06 October 2020

Archaeology

Wastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined from the economy, and subjected to violence. To survive, Ashkali collect the only resource available to them: garbage. Vividly recounting everyday life in an illegal Romani settlement, Eirik Saethre follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. He argues that trash is not just a means of survival: it reinforces the status of Ashkali and Roma as polluted Others, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty.

By: Eirik Saethre
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520368514
ISBN 10: 0520368517
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 06 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eirik Saethre is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is the author of Illness Is a Weapon and coauthor of Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty.