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| Author | Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
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| Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Publication date | 2020 |
| Pages | 344 |
| ISBN | 978-1-5036-0730-9 |
| OCLC | 1084896085 |
Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine is a nonfiction book by Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins. The book is an ethnography of waste management in the West Bank under the constraints of Israeli occupation, arguing that the Oslo Accords led to the abnormal presence and flow of waste for Palestinians, which Stamatopoulou-Robbins refers to as "waste siege". It is based on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork that she conducted in the West Bank for her dissertation.
Waste Siege was published by Stanford University Press in 2019, and received various recognitions including the Albert Hourani Book Award and selection as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Reviewers broadly praised Stamatopoulou-Robbins' ethnographic research and conclusions; some challenged specific portions of her arguments.