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Dumpster Diving & Scrounging

From Sean McMahon | 00:06:00
Producers: Sean McMahon

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This six minute documentary audio collage examines the mental environment of dumpster divers and scroungers.

[From the introduction]

"In today's world of rampant consumerism, vast amounts of food, clothing, and other material goods are thrown away every day. Dumpster diving, or scrounging, is a unique reaction to consumer culture. The daily process of reappropriating goods from the trash provides a means of subsistence, as well as an ideological resistance to consumer capitalism. In this audio collage, Sean McMahon examines the mental environment of dumpster divers and scroungers."

The piece features Jeff Ferrell, professor of sociology at Texas Christian University and author of "Empire of Scrounge", and Rob, a dumpster diver living in San Francisco.

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Broadcast History

uploaded to radio.indymedia.org and indybay.org on May 8th, 2006

Transcript

Intro:

"In today's world of rampant consumerism, vast amounts of food, clothing, and other material goods are thrown away every day. Dumpster diving, or scrounging, is a unique reaction to consumer culture. The daily process of reappropriating goods from the trash provides a means of subsistence, as well as an ideological resistance to consumer capitalism. In this audio collage, Sean McMahon examines the mental environment of dumpster divers and scroungers."

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Musical Works

The Bomarr Monk, "Green Gold Fronts" & "Meat Dance" from the 2003 Anticon Records release "Surface Sincerity Soundtrack"