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title: "Master's Thesis"
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date: 2025-04-24 14:39:27 +0100
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author: "Aron Petau"
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excerpt: "Human - Waste: A thesis examining interactive workshops"
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header:
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teaser: "/assets/images/masterthesis/puzzle.jpeg"
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overlay_image: "/assets/images/masterthesis/puzzle.jpeg"
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overlay_filter : 0.5
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credit : "Aron Petau"
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tags:
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- plastics-as-waste
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- plastics-as-material
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- recycling practices
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- object-value
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- re-valuation
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- maker-education
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- Materialübung
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- hacking
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- archival practices
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- collaborative recycling
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- liminality
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- matter
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- scavenger-gaze
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- transmattering
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- peer-learning
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- skillsharing in workshops
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- thesis
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- university of the arts berlin
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- technische universität berlin
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- university
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## Master's Thesis: Human - Waste
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Plastics offer significant material benefits, such as durability and versatility, yet their
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widespread use has led to severe environmental pollution and waste management
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challenges. This thesis develops alternative concepts for collaborative participation in
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recycling processes by examining existing waste management systems. Exploring the
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historical and material context of plastics, it investigates the role of making and hacking as
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transformative practices in waste revaluation. Drawing on theories from Discard Studies,
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Material Ecocriticism, and Valuation Studies, it applies methods to examine human-waste
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relationships and the shifting perception of objects between value and non-value. Practical
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investigations, including workshop-based experiments with polymer identification and
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machine-based interventions, provide hands-on insights into the material properties of
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discarded plastics. These experiments reveal their epistemic potential, leading to the
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introduction of novel archiving practices and knowledge structures that form an integrated
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methodology for artistic research and practice. Inspired by the Materialstudien of the
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Bauhaus Vorkurs, the workshop not only explores material engagement but also offers new
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insights for educational science, advocating for peer-learning scenarios. Through these
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approaches, this research fosters a socially transformative relationship with waste,
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emphasizing participation, design, and speculative material reuse. Findings are evaluated
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through participant feedback and workshop outcomes, contributing to a broader discussion
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on waste as both a challenge and an opportunity for sustainable futures and a material
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reality of the human experience.
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<embed
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src="/assets/documents/Human_Waste_MA_Aron_Petau.pdf"
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type="application/pdf"
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style="width: 100%; height: 80vh; margin: 0 auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #ccc;" />
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[See the image archive yourself](https://pinry.petau.net){: .btn .btn--large}
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[See the archive graph yourself](https://archive.petau.net/#/graph){: .btn .btn--large}
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[Find the complete Repo on Forgejo](https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/machine_archivist.git){: .btn .btn--large}
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