ANTH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cigar, Waste Picker, Biomedical Waste
10 Aug 2018
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Autonomy is an important value for the catadores. There are both advantages and disadvantages to autonomy. 2008:27). (cid:858) experience of autonomy in informal employment may lead to an awareness and critique of the alienating aspects of wage labour is supposed by the work-history narratives of nona teresa, anderson and other (cid:272)atadores i(cid:374) jardi(cid:373) das flores(cid:859) (millar. For example, catadores frequently employ a catadores must learn how to handle trash. form of apprenticeship to teach the labour process to newcomers on the dump. Despite the appearance of work on the dump as unskilled, catadores must acquire. Because no formal education provides preparation for this work, catadores acquire this necessary knowledge by working alongside someone who already has experience in the trade. As newcomers arrive on the dump, more experienced catadores take responsibility for them (including for their safety), working with them one-on-one (millar 2008:29). Catadores make use of the waste of capitalism in ways never intended by its original producers.
