In the Age of Environment, the scale of waste management is geographic all while often relegating such undesired matter to invisibility as "matter out of place. " Geographies of Trash reclaims the role of forms, technologies, economies and logistics of the waste system in the production of new aesthetics and politics of urbanism. Honored with a 2014 ACSA Faculty Design Award, the book charts the geographies of trash in Michigan across scales to propose five speculative projects that bring to visibility disciplinary controversies on the relations of technology, space and politics.
"A unique and informative study, 'Geographies of Trash' is exceptionally well organized and presented making it an invaluable and highly recommended addition to professional, corporate, governmental, college and university Environmental Studies reference collections in general, and Waste Management supplemental studies reading lists in particular."
Paul T. Vogel, Midwest Book Review
"Landfills aren't a one-stop shop; disposal of our garbage follows human geographies. Geographies of Trash tells the story of waste, from the curb to landfill, taking us to Michigan, where architects have joined engineers in reconciling our garbage and our natural landscapes."
Metropolis Magazine
"Nobody wants to think about garbage. At least that is the assumption. But treating garbage as an 'out of sight, out of mind' problem is not healthy - neither for people nor the planet. Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy's Geographies of Trash is a book-length argument for architects 'to take on problems that had once been the domains of engineering or regional planning.' The 'Represent' section lays
