Hervé Corvellec a, Steffen Böhm b, Alison Stowell c, d and Francisco Valenzuela e
aDepartment of Service Studies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; bUniversity of Exeter …

There is a widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. We hear constant
laments that we live too fast, that time is scarce, and that the pace of everyday life is spiraling …

One neglected socio-cultural and political dimension to the rapid diffusion of solar power in
Sub-Saharan Africa is the question of what happens when things fall apart. Investors in the …

To date, research on mine remediation in North America has focused primarily on technical
management; relatively less is known about the historical, political and social dimensions of …

Waste is one of the planet's last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled
wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations …

There has been profound growth in the adoption of off-grid solar devices across Sub-
Saharan Africa over the last decade. However, there has been limited attention given to the …

This chapter concerns the importance of breakdown, maintenance and repair to human and
material stability and change—and whether new ways of thinking about such phenomena …

Departing from the parallelism between large-scale human rights violations and the complex
notion of ecocide, some conceptual remarks will be drawn within the realm of green …

Uganda's capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new
technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds tracks the …

The political economy of the “cloud” depends on the continuous transformation of physical
space to support the flow of digital commodities. Retrofitting disused infrastructure has been …