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Share Repair Garbage Diving Cultural Strategies in Dealing with Scarcity and Abundance

climate change, resource scarcity and economic crises on the one hand,
Growth paradigm, mass consumption and disposable mentality on the other – always
more people overcome these contradictions in niches and are committed to
Keeping things longer in usage cycles: Sharing, swapping and repairing
and rescues are interpreted as ways to live more sustainably and thus to
Contribute to social transformation. Based on the key players in
three exemplary fields – dress swapping parties, repair cafes and garbage diving –
In a comparative ethnography, Maria Grewe examines the cultural
Strategies in dealing with abundance and scarcity and examines the contribution
cultural anthropological research for the discourse on sustainability.

Scope: 324 pages
Reference: Print € 29,99€ ISBN 978-3-8376-3858-5
The book is also available as an e-book.