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The aim is to analyze the role of waste in shaping social dynamics and power structures in Latife Tekin’s narrative.

Waste as a Necropolitical Tool in the Slum Ecology of Latife Tekin’s Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills

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The aim is to analyze the role of waste in shaping social dynamics and power structures in Latife Tekin’s narrative.
Close reading of Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills
Framework application of Mike Davis's slum ecology
Engagement with concepts of necropolitics and hyperobjects
Waste is revealed as a facilitator of urban exclusion for informal settlers.
The narrative illustrates waste’s role in social 'Othering' and necropower.
Findings show that waste's materiality interlinks with the precarious existence of squatters.

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This article examines how waste shapes urban exclusion in informal settlements, highlighting its necropolitical significance.

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