Read & Learn

Kantamanto / Secondhand Trade

(1) OEC - visualizing secondhand clothing material flows
(2) UN Comtrade Database - track imports / exports of secondhand clothing around the world
(3) Dead White Man’s Clothes - by The Or Foundation, published by Atmos Magazine
(4) The History of Resale Markets - class taught by The Or Foundation for Slow Factory’s Open Education Platform
(5) Solidarity In The Secondhand Supply Chain - The Or Foundation x Fashion Revolution hosted a panel discussion with representation from across the supply chain
(6) Fibershed 2021 Symposium - a Discussion between Abena Cynthia Agyeibia of Kantamanto Market & Santa Puac of the Garment Worker Center
(7) Waste Makes Visible Our Separation from Nature - A Waste Landscape Report by The Or Foundation, published as part of our work on the Design for Decomposition project with The Biomimicry Institute
(8) Vintage or Violence - a podcast and platform exploring the impact of secondhand clothing in receiving communities with a focus on Uganda
(9) Secondhand fashion: Is it really good for Africa? - by Carey Baraka for Vogue Business
(10) This is What Actually Happens to Your Donated Clothes - by Heather Snowden for High Snobiety

Waste Colonialism

(1) Stop Waste Colonialism - a collection of resources and campaigns by The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
(2) Pollution Is Colonialism - a book by Max Liboiron
(3) Discard Studies - a platform that encourages a more expansive understanding of “waste” including articles on the different ways that Waste Colonialism behaves
(4) Economic Diplomacy, Global Waste Trade: The African Perspective since the 20th Century - by Dominic A. Akpan and Bassey Inyang
(5) Anti-Colonial Methodologies - a course on SlowFactory Open Edu Platform, taught by Max Liboiron
(6) The History of Resale Markets - a course on SlowFactory Open Edu Platform, taught by Liz Ricketts

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