Re/Cycling Histories: Users and the Paths to Sustainability in Everyday Life
Workshop
27.05.2011 – 29.05.2011
Location: Kerschensteiner Kolleg, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Conveners: Adri Albert de la Bruhèze (University of Twente, Netherlands), Martin Emanuel (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden), Ruth Oldenziel (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands), Helmuth Trischler (Rachel Carson Center / Deutsches Museum, Germany), Heike Weber (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
Program — English (pdf, 12 KB)
Conference Report - English (pdf, 169 KB)
In contemporary discussions about sustainable technologies, the emphasis lies not only on finding new solutions to current problems, but also on mobilizing older technologies now understood as important tools for sustainability. In the search for mobility, bicycles have become a new policy instrument for sustainability, while recycling of waste has also received renewed attention. This workshop looks at the older mobility and waste technologies to explore their long term development, their users and use, and to analyze the historical patterns, cultures, and path dependencies relevant for a better understanding of the successes and failures in current policies.
This event is free and open to the public. However, registration is required, as space is limited. Please register via email: 
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Papers (for participants only, secured by password):
- Introduction
- Catherine Bertho Lavenir
- Katja Biedenkopf
- Iain Boal
- Peter Cox
- Anne-Katrin Ebert
- Martin Emanuel
- Robert Friedel
- Zsuzsa Gille (on Conservation)
- Zsuzsa Gille (on Red Mud Spill)
- Hans Peter Hahn
- Finn Arne Jørgensen
- Roman Köster
- Sylvia Kunitz
- Laura Lapinskiene
- Tiina Männistö-Funk
- Ruth Oldenziel and Adri Albert de la Bruhèze
- Paul Rosen
- Edward Rhoads
- Djahane Salehabadi
- M. William Steele (Keynote Paper)
- Manuel Stoffers
- Georg Stöger
- Peter Thorsheim
- Milena Veenis and Ruth Oldenziel
- Heike Weber
- Andrea Westermann