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1 online resource |
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Lecture notes in production engineering, 2194-0525 |
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Lecture notes in production engineering, 2194-0525
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Design, Engineering and the Upcycled -- Object-Oriented-Upcycling: An Object-Based Approach to the Circular Economy -- Designing for Second Life: Systemic Design for Sustainable Packaging in Appliance Manufacturing Industry -- Upcycling of Silicon Solar Cells: What are the Options? -- Scapegoat or Saviour: The Role of Design in Upcycling Research -- Discourses in and around Upcycled Artefacts: A Social Semiotic Perspective -- The Interplay of User, Context and Product in Everyday Design Behaviour -- After Life: Lessons on Product Longevity form the Informal Economy -- Upcycling, Jugaad and Repair Cafes for Presumption -- Part II: Upcycling in Fashion & Textiles Education -- Material Inventories for Responsive Design in Fashion Practice -- Soul Shopping: Autoethnography, Upcycling and Post-Growth Fashion -- Recontextualising and Appropriating Second-Hand Western Fashion Items in Non-Western Contexts -- Future Pathways of Upcycled Textiles -- Scaling Up Upcycling: Studying Challenges and Suggesting Solutions for Its Integration in the Existing Supply Chain -- Disrupting the Linear Textile Model at the Community Scale -- Commoning Situated Knowledge: Co-Teaching-and- Learning the design-Led Upcycling of Waste Clothing -- Exploring Upcycling as a Design Process through Fashion Education -- Upcycling Advocate: Fostering Engagement and Empowerment Through An Upcycle Guidebook in Undergraduate Courses -- Part III: Upcycling as Concepts and Practices -- Systems Approach to Scaling Up Global Upcycling: Framework for Empirical Research -- Repair and Upcycling: How Do We Know Which Repair is Considered as Upcycling? -- Upcycling the World of Interiors -- Understanding Quality in Upcycled Products -- Practice and Ethos -- Understanding and Measuring Value and Quality of Upcycling with Fuzzy Linguistic Approach -- My Life Journey and Reflections as an Upcycler -- Designing for Positive Upcycling Experiences With People's Well-Being in Mind |
| Summary |
This book presents the proceedings of the first International Upcycling Symposium 2020, held on 4th September 2020 at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK (online), as a joint effort between DMU, Lund University, Nottingham Trent University and Newcastle University. This book presents state of the art of research and practice in upcycling at the international level. The subject of this book, upcycling, is a term to describe the processes of creating or modifying a product from used or waste materials, components and products, which is of equal or higher quality or value than the compositional elements. This book describes new theories, approaches and scientific research findings related to upcycling and presents examples of upcycling practice, across multiple sectors, scales and contexts. Bringing together research from over 35 multidisciplinary experts, the book discusses state-of-the-art knowledge and practices on upcycling in different geographical, economic, socio-cultural and technological contexts at an international level. Readers will gain fundamental understanding of upcycling with its varied definitions and forms across sectors and scales, and to be informed of the latest upcycling research and practices including valuable ideas, theories, projects, experiences and insights by global experts |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 29, 2021) |
| Subject |
Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- Congresses
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Remanufacturing -- Congresses
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Remanufacturing
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Salvage (Waste, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sung, Kyungeun, editor
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Singh, Jagdeep, editor
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Bridgens, Ben, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030726409 |
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3030726401 |
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