At the PACT-Zollverein residency, we confronted a silent crisis: the devastating journey of electronic waste. While Europe champions green policies, the truth is that obsolete material is often illegally shipped to the Global South, a greenwashing tactic that violates the Basel Convention, which bans e-waste exportation. The consequences are dire, with informal recyclers risking their lives in toxic conditions and […]
Our system of unlimited growth is causing a collapse at the social, political, economic, and ecological levels. In a world of limited resources, development coupled with the imperative of growth-productivity-consumerism is simply not sustainable. It is, in essence, the economy of death. Yet, we human beings have inhabited this planet for a long time and have developed other, non-capitalist forms […]
A few months ago, in the framework of the IDÉES project (Impact des Déchéts Électroniques sur l’Environement et la Santé), we presented a preview of the Cebu e-jen performance with artist Anäel Nkeoua, ‘Prince Art’, during the OFF of the Dakar Biennale 2024. One of the objectives of the IDÉES project is to take a multidisciplinary approach to the issue […]
On the 27th November 2024, I was invited to take part in a panel organised by AS Création in Bargny, along with Mounganga Boulingui (JVE Senegal) and Fatoumata Diedhiou (Association CRAC). This opportunity arose thanks to the DUD Forum, where I had the pleasure of meeting stylist Adama Sarr. She came to the IDEAS project stand, and after a brief […]
This screening is part of the IDEES project, which is a cross-disciplinary project. One of its aims is to work on the economic opportunities offered by electronic waste, and to develop these activities as part of the social economy. If we talk more about the social and solidarity economy (SSE) than the circular economy (a term more commonly used in […]
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