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  1. An index of waste: humanitarian design, “dignified living” and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town

    An index of waste: humanitarian design, “dignified living” and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Peter Redfield --- Department of Anthropology, United States of America Steven Robins --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa
    This article develops a framework for thinking about waste as an index that signals a relational position within contested, historically layered conceptions of human order. It follows two contrasting frameworks for thinking about sanitation infrastructure: a quest to redesign the...