About
Étienne Dufour holds a PhD in spatial planning from Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. In 2024, he defended a thesis entitled: “The end of recycling? Metabolic disruption and biogeochemical policies in the Paris region in the 20th century.” He is currently a postdoctoral fellow and associate researcher at the Laboratoire Géographie-cités (UMR 8504) and the Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU).
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The Circulus in the Twentieth Century: Resurgences and Metamorphoses of the Ideal of Agricultural Recycling of Excreta at the Birth of the Great Acceleration (France, 1930s-1980s)
In Flux (2025/4 n° 142)
The Fable of the “Energy Recycling” of Household Waste : Plastic Waste, Oil Crisis, and Incineration during 1970s and 1980s France
- By Étienne Dufour,
- Translated by Arby Gharibian
In Journal of Energy History (2024/2 No 13)
Between revival and fire: the forgotten stage of industrial composting—the abandoned middle way of household waste treatment (Ile-de-France, 1940s-1990s)
- By Étienne Dufour,
- Translated by Nicholas Sowels
In Flux (2023/1 No 131)
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The Circulus in the Twentieth Century: Resurgences and Metamorphoses of the Ideal of Agricultural Recycling of Excreta at the Birth of the Great Acceleration (France, 1930s-1980s)
In Flux (2025/4 n° 142)
The Fable of the “Energy Recycling” of Household Waste : Plastic Waste, Oil Crisis, and Incineration during 1970s and 1980s France
- By Étienne Dufour,
- Translated by Arby Gharibian
In Journal of Energy History (2024/2 No 13)
Between revival and fire: the forgotten stage of industrial composting—the abandoned middle way of household waste treatment (Ile-de-France, 1940s-1990s)
- By Étienne Dufour,
- Translated by Nicholas Sowels
In Flux (2023/1 No 131)