Events

Upcoming Events

Past Events

April 17th 2023: Talk at Prada Frames Symposium as part of Milan Salone di Mobile/ Milan Design Week

March 7th 2023: Queens University Belfast Anthropology Seminar: Disappearing the Plastic Proletarian

May 17th -18th 2022: “Foro Internacional del Plástico: Innovar, Reciclar, Educar”. Panel discussion on Nairobi declaration and new plastics pact.

May 5th 2022: “Los residuos como bien un bien común”. Talk delivered to the Green and Inclusive Economy Group (GEVI) of the Uruguayan Government

April 21st 2022: “The Uruguayan Plastics Industry and the Environmental Challenge”. Presentation at the Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS) conference, Bath.

April 11th 2022: Launch of “Rubbish Belongs to the Poor” book at Topping bookshop in St Andrews

March 17th 2022, 3PM (UK Time). University of Aberdeen Anthropology Department Seminar Talk: “Reinventing the Wheel? Towards an Anthropology of the Circular Economy”

Economía Circular, Inclusión y Participación. Miércoles, 9 de Junio 2021, 10am (GMT-4), virtual. Webinar organizado en conjunto con la Embajada Británica en Uruguay con el apoyo del Ministerio de Ambiente (Uruguay).

“Intractable Plastics: Responsibilities in ‘Plasticized Worlds'”. Panel at the Association of Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth (ASA) conference, March 29th- April 2nd 2021 (Virtual). Convened by Patrick O’Hare and Tridibesh Dey (University of Exeter).

“The Social Life of Plastic”. Workshop, Circular Plastics Centre, University of Cambridge. November, 2019.

“Reimagining the Cooperative”. Workshop, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge. June, 2018.

“Putting Dirt in Its Place: The Contemporary Politics of Waste”. Workshop, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge. June, 2016.