Closing the loop or squaring the circle? Locating generative spaces for the circular economy

Heightened concerns about long-term sustainability have of late enlivened debates around the circular economy (CE). Defined as a series of restorative and regenerative industrial systems, parallel socio-cultural transformations have arguably received less consideration to date. In response, this pap...

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Published in:Progress in human geography Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 88 - 104
Main Author: Hobson, Kersty
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2016
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Activism
Circular economy
Debates
Geography
Human geography
Political participation
Sociocultural factors
materialities
prosumer
product service system
circular economy
ISSN:0309-1325, 1477-0288
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Summary:Heightened concerns about long-term sustainability have of late enlivened debates around the circular economy (CE). Defined as a series of restorative and regenerative industrial systems, parallel socio-cultural transformations have arguably received less consideration to date. In response, this paper examines the contributions human geographical scholarship can make to CE debates, focusing on ‘generative spaces’ of diverse CE practices. Concepts infrequently discussed within human geography such as product service systems and ‘prosumption’ are explored, to argue that productive potential exists in bringing these ideas into conversation with ongoing human geographical research into practices, materialities, emergent political spaces and ‘everyday activism’.
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ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132514566342