Choose something you regularly interact with that is typically considered to be disposable. (Include a photo if possible.) What makes us able to think of this object ‘disposable?’ Think about the material aspects of the object (how it is constructed), the social/cultural aspects (such as meanings, goals, and symbols the object represents), and the infrastructural connections (where it likely came from and where it will likely go).

Readings this week:

Stouffer, Lloyd. “Plastics Packaging: Today and Tomorrow.” Chicago: The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., 1963.

Acaroglu, Leyla. “Design for Disposability.” Disruptive Design (blog), January 3, 2018. https://medium.com/disruptive-design/design-for-disposability-962647cbcbb0.

Hawkins, Gay. “Disposability.” Discard Studies, May 21, 2019. https://discardstudies.com/2019/05/21/disposability/.

Wright, Melissa W. 2006. Disposable Women and Other Myths of Global Capitalism. New York, NY: Routledge. (Intro 1-6, Ch 2 23-44)