Abstract: Paradoxically, humans despise garbage yet cannot live without the capital that produces it. Garbage has become so critical that Marco Armiero prefers "Wasteocene" over "Anthropocene" or "Capitalocene." Ironically, developed nations generate more capital and waste, which is often dumped elsewhere. Thus, the term garbage implies both redundance and spatial violence. But is garbage always nonliving? What if living species and communities are also treated as garbage and dumped? Using Pankaj Sekhsaria's novel The Last Wave , this paper examines how coloniality turns the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a dump-yard for kalapani criminals, refugees, and unwanted nonhuman species. It explores the spatial conflicts among mainland redundant communities, Indigenous peoples, and the fragile island ecosystem.
Nirmalendu Maiti (Sat,) studied this question.