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SUMMARY:Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Patrick O'Hare (University of Ma
 nchester)
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DESCRIPTION:Social Anthropology Seminar\n\nMonday\, 11th March 2019\n\nDr
  Patrick O’Hare – University of Manchester \n\nManchester Seminar Abstra
 ct\n\n“Rubbish belongs to the poor”: Hygienic Enclosure and Montevideo’s
  Waste Commons\n\nThis paper explores the ways in which waste can be con
 sidered an urban commons. Drawing on contemporary ethnography and oral h
 istories gathered from waste-pickers (known as clasificadores) in Montev
 ideo\, this paper tells the story of Uruguay’s largest landfill\, Felipe
  Cardoso\, and the community that has grown around it. Founded as an att
 empt to landfill clay quarries with waste\, the waged-labour of the loca
 l brick industry was eventually replaced with a new labour regime based 
 on the unwaged extraction of value from urban discards. ‘Hygienic enclos
 ure’ soon followed and involved the violent state repression of clasific
 adores both during and after Uruguay’s military dictatorship. I argue th
 at in Montevideo and other developing cities\, waste has functioned as a
 n urban commons for the dispossessed. Rather than defining commons as de
 void of exchange value and commodification\, the paper makes a compariso
 n to the historic English commons\, as spaces where customary access is 
 claimed by the poor\, subsistence materials are extracted\, refuge from 
 wage labour is sought\, lines between work and play are blurred\, and en
 closure is resisted.\n\n\nSecond Floor Boardroom 2.016 / 017\nArthur Lew
 is Building\n\nTime 4:15 to 6:00pm\n\n(Tea and coffee available outside 
 the room from 4:00pm)\n\nALL WELCOME!
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LOCATION:2nd floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 017\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manc
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