Against the Aestheticization of Technofossils: Considering Migrant Labor and 
Petrochemical Feedstocks in the Future History of Plastic

Westermann, Andrea

doi:10.58049/2N8H-0B93

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Against the Aestheticization of Technofossils: Considering Migrant Labor and Petrochemical Feedstocks in the Future History of Plastic

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Westermann, Andrea
Department Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society;

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Westermann, A. (2022). Against the Aestheticization of Technofossils: Considering Migrant Labor and Petrochemical Feedstocks in the Future History of Plastic. In C., Rosol, & G., Rispoli (Eds.), Anthropogenic Markers: Stratigraphy and Context. Berlin: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. doi:10.58049/2N8H-0B93.

引用: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-5CF7-9

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Plastic and its waste are eye-catching and culturally laden materials. Given that their histories have become entangled with the notion of the technofossil, how can we resist the temptation to aestheticize this material legacy which is accumulating in the rock record? Guiding us through the historical roots, current excesses, and future imaginations of plasticulture in Germany, Spain, and Brazil, historian of technology Andrea Westermann highlights the interconnection of health and environmental hazards as well as consumerism and the exploitation of migrant labor. She calls for including mining and mineral resource issues into future histories of plastic.