The landfill will not be read. There is so much to think about and say to that (thinking about the literal landfill as text and also about text as landfill). But what I'm instantly reminded of is this article by Gisela Heffes in which she establishes some interesting contrasts between how trash is dealt with (both rhetorically and materially) in Latin America vs the U.S.: https://humanitiesfutures.org/papers/trash-matters-residual-culture-latin-america/ Única mirando al mar (the Costa Rican novel she discusses) is a wonderful book--were you part of the group in Pati's class that did their documentary on the landfill in Monteverde? Regardless, it's about people who live, and make their living, in the San Jose landfill--who (I guess we could say) read it, and help (re)write it, as part of their survival.
SO much to think about, Sarah! Thank you!! I wasn't in that group in Pati's class, but you raise such good points. I wanted to gesture toward some of this, how the landfill really does have value in may places, even being converted into scavenged capital in some communities. There's so much to think though, and I'm excited to read that article. Thank you for keeping me plugged into some really excellent scholarly work!
The landfill will not be read. There is so much to think about and say to that (thinking about the literal landfill as text and also about text as landfill). But what I'm instantly reminded of is this article by Gisela Heffes in which she establishes some interesting contrasts between how trash is dealt with (both rhetorically and materially) in Latin America vs the U.S.: https://humanitiesfutures.org/papers/trash-matters-residual-culture-latin-america/ Única mirando al mar (the Costa Rican novel she discusses) is a wonderful book--were you part of the group in Pati's class that did their documentary on the landfill in Monteverde? Regardless, it's about people who live, and make their living, in the San Jose landfill--who (I guess we could say) read it, and help (re)write it, as part of their survival.
SO much to think about, Sarah! Thank you!! I wasn't in that group in Pati's class, but you raise such good points. I wanted to gesture toward some of this, how the landfill really does have value in may places, even being converted into scavenged capital in some communities. There's so much to think though, and I'm excited to read that article. Thank you for keeping me plugged into some really excellent scholarly work!