Thanks Rob, I'd love to.
On 25/10/2024 11:52, Rob van Kranenburg wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Felipe’s text is out and it is so timely.
>
> Generous cities – weaving commons-oriented systems for the reuse of
> excess materials in urban contexts - Northumbria Research Link
> <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
> nrl.northumbria.ac.uk <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
> favicon.ico <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
>
> <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
>
> Felipe, do you want to do a webinar/interview on this?
>
> Anyone wants to join?
>
> Greetings, Rob
>
>
> Generous cities – weaving commons-oriented systems for the reuse of
> excess materials in urban contexts
>
> Schmidt Fonseca, Felipe (2024) /Generous cities – weaving
> commons-oriented systems for the reuse of excess materials in urban
> contexts./ Doctoral thesis, Northumbria University.
>
>
> Abstract
>
> This thesis explores the transformative potential of reshaping the way
> cities handle excess materials. In particular, it explores a shift
> from industry-oriented waste management to community-based waste
> prevention through practices of reuse at a local level. The central
> research question addressed is: ‘How can practices of reuse contribute
> to reimagining and reshaping the way cities handle excess materials?’.
> Through a series of interconnected research cycles, this investigation
> dives into the nuances of cultures of reuse through repair, upcycling
> and recirculation, and challenges the prevalent mindset focused almost
> exclusively on recycling, incineration, and landfilling of materials.
>
> The research begins by employing design research methods to understand
> how discarded and unused materials are transformed and re-distributed
> in urban contexts. It then investigates forms of embodied knowledge in
> reuse initiatives, in order to leverage such practices with
> open-source ways of organising community initiatives. Finally, the
> thesis connects to policy-making, introducing the concept of ‘generous
> cities’.
>
> During the doctoral investigation, eight design concepts were created,
> and three prototypes developed. Altogether, they capture the research
> findings and expand their potential impact in establishing local
> systems of material reuse.
>
> The generous city highlights the ability to weave convivial forms of
> addressing the multiple contemporary crises – social, environmental,
> economic – by foregrounding collective forms of mutual care, cultural
> regeneration, and resource conservation. The thesis contributes to
> scholarship on waste management and urban sustainability, adopting a
> critical, transdisciplinary, and situated perspective. Additionally,
> the research offers practical tools to promote and scale
> community-based waste prevention. It presents an essential pivot from
> the current focus on recycling towards more sustainable,
> community-oriented, and generous urban environments.
>
> Generous cities – weaving commons-oriented systems for the reuse of
> excess materials in urban contexts - Northumbria Research Link
> <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
> nrl.northumbria.ac.uk <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
> favicon.ico <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
>
> <https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51731/>
>
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