dc.contributor.author | Omokaro, Benedicta Ideho | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-09T11:12:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-09T11:12:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-951-39-7354-4 | |
dc.identifier.other | oai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1860705 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/57288 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation focuses on understanding the social material interaction
between e-waste and e-scrappers for sustainable management of e-waste.
Previous studies mainly concentrate on the detrimental environmental impact of
e-scrappers activities, the economic and political influences of e-waste on the e-scrappers, the material flow of e-waste and the exportation of valuable e-waste
extracts from highly industrialized countries to less industrialized countries. The
aim of the dissertation is therefore to extend the scope of the previous studies by
investigating the social material interaction between e-scrappers and e-waste. To
achieve this aim, this study examines the following research questions: 1) How
has e-waste gained recognition and remained relevant in both government and
private spheres? 2) Through what material and social mechanisms has e-scrappers thrived despite the negative environmental perception of their
activities? Environmental perception, as used in this dissertation, indicates the
perceived impacts of the activities of e-scrappers on their environment.
Qualitative data sets attained via ethnographic video method from 29 e-scrappers
from two states in Nigeria are analyzed and used to meet the main objective of
this dissertation. This dissertation consists of a summary and results presented in
four separate articles. The results reveal that far from the notion that e-scrapping
is carried out by illiterate, poor marginalized groups, e-scrappers in Nigeria
possess a certain level of formal institutional education and professionalism that
becomes evident during the e-scrapping process. Additionally, the informal
learning and organization achieved via models such as the apprenticeship system
provide social recognition among members of society and relevant government
institutions. It therefore implies that Nigerian e-scrappers possess a level of
intellectual engagement that could be recognized and actively utilized by local
environmental agencies and other government institutions. The main policy
implication of this dissertation is that in order to move forward sustainably in the
management of e-waste in Nigeria, organized activities of e-scrappers ought to be
seen as formal activities. As such, standardization of proper basic infrastructure
that limits negative environmental pollution and promotes acquired recycling
skills should be engrained in environmental policies and provided for the e-scrappers. | |
dc.format.extent | 1 verkkoaineisto (73 sivua, 67 sivua useina numerointijaksoina) : kuvitettu | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | University of Jyväskylä | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research | |
dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli I:</b> Omokaro, Ideho, B. 2017. The Issuefication and Assemblage of Things in
E-waste Management: A Methodological Approach. <i>Submitted for publication and under review at the Journal of Sociological
Forum. </i> | |
dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli II:</b> Omokaro Ideho, B. 2016. Building Capabilities among E-scrappers in Informal
Electronic Waste Management: The case of the Nigerian Escrappers.
Environmental Sociology Journal, 2325-1042. </i><a href="
https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2016.1155791"target="_blank"> DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2016.1155791.</a> | |
dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli III:</b> Omokaro I. B. & Taipale S. 2017. Into the World of E-Waste: Mobility
among E-Scrappers in Nigeria.
Journal of Applied Mobilities. </i><a href=" https://doi.org/10.1080/23800127.2017.1329974"target="_blank"> DOI: 10.1080/23800127.2017.1329974.</a> | |
dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli IV:</b> Omokaro, Ideho, B. 2017. Revisiting Informal Recyclers: Understanding
the Organizational and Operational Paradigm of Nigerian E-scrappers. <i>Submitted for publication and under review at Journal of Current Sociology</i>. | |
dc.relation.isversionof | Julkaistu myös painettuna. | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.subject.other | e-scrappers | |
dc.subject.other | e-waste | |
dc.subject.other | Nigeria | |
dc.subject.other | e-waste management | |
dc.subject.other | informal recycling | |
dc.title | Moving forward sustainably : material and social conditions of electronic waste management in Nigeria | |
dc.type | Diss. | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7354-4 | |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
dc.type.ontasot | Väitöskirja | fi |
dc.type.ontasot | Doctoral dissertation | en |
dc.contributor.tiedekunta | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.tiedekunta | Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta | fi |
dc.contributor.yliopisto | University of Jyväskylä | en |
dc.contributor.yliopisto | Jyväskylän yliopisto | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Yhteiskuntapolitiikka | fi |
dc.relation.issn | 0075-4625 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 608 | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | |
dc.subject.yso | kierrätys | |
dc.subject.yso | jätteet | |
dc.subject.yso | jätehuolto | |
dc.subject.yso | sähkö- ja elektroniikkaromu | |
dc.subject.yso | elektroniikka | |
dc.subject.yso | verkostoituminen | |
dc.subject.yso | kolmas sektori | |
dc.subject.yso | maailmanlaajuiset ongelmat | |
dc.subject.yso | globaali hallinta | |
dc.subject.yso | ammattiyhdistysliike | |
dc.subject.yso | sosiaalinen asema | |
dc.subject.yso | Nigeria | |
dc.rights.url | https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ | |