(Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
O'Dell, Joey; Whitlock, Sydney; Anthropology
Garbology is the study of modern refuse in order to gain knowledge and understanding of modern society through material objects through a medium of something that is generally hidden from view: garbage. It is our contention that debris left over by two generationally diverse, yet economically similar, communities may give us insight into how the limited incomes of these two groups are being spent.