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title = "Master's Thesis"
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date = 2025-04-24
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authors = ["Aron Petau"]
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description = "Human - Waste: A thesis examining interactive workshops"
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[taxonomies]
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tags = [
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"archival practices",
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"recycling",
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"hacking",
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"liminality",
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"maker-education",
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"materialübung",
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"matter",
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"object-value",
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"plastics",
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"peer-learning",
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"re-valuation",
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"recycling practices",
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"scavenger-gaze",
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"skillsharing in workshops",
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"thesis",
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"transmattering",
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"technische universität berlin",
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"research",
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"university of the arts berlin",
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]
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[extra]
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banner = "puzzle.jpeg"
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show_copyright = true
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show_shares = true
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featured = true
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[extra.comments]
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host = "mastodon.online"
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user = "reprintedAron"
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id = 114516592234056107
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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="/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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/>
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<div class="buttons centered">
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<a class="big colored external"
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href="https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6246-888X">My ORCID</a>
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</div>
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<div class="buttons centered">
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<a class="big colored external"
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href="https://pinry.petau.net">See the image archive yourself</a>
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</div>
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<div class="buttons centered">
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<a class="big colored external"
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href="https://archive.petau.net/#/graph">See the archive graph yourself</a>
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</div>
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<div class="buttons centered">
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<a class="big colored external"
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href="https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/machine_archivist.git">Find the complete Repo on Forgejo</a>
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</div>
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