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What counts as infrastructural labour? Community action as waste work in South Africa

Mar 09 2023 Posted: 11:34 GMT

Dr Kathleen Stokes, and co-author Dr Mary Lawhon (University of Edinburgh) have recently published a new research article “What counts as infrastructural labour? Community action as waste work in South Africa” in Area Development and Policy.

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