Sustainable Futures Speaker Series
As part of the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, Dr. Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins will present a webinar on “Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine” on Thursday, September 30, from 5:30-7 p.m. (Zoom registration link below.) This talk offers an analysis unusual in the study of Palestine: it begins with the environmental, infrastructural, and aesthetic context in which Palestinians forge their lives, naming that context a “waste siege.” Author Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins suggests that to speak of waste siege is to describe a series of conditions: from smelling wastes to negotiating military infrastructures, from biopolitical forms of colonial rule to experiences of governmental abandonment, from obvious targets of resistance to confusion over responsibility for the burdensome objects of daily life. She focuses on waste as an experience of everyday life that is continuous with, but not a result only of, occupation. Tracing Palestinians’ experiences of wastes over the past decade, and their improvisations for mitigating the effects of this siege, she explores how multiple authorities governing the West Bank — including municipalities, the Palestinian Authority, international aid organizations, and Israel — rule by waste siege, whether intentionally or not. Please visit envcomm.humboldt.edu/fall-2021 for the full season lineup and to read about other webinar events.
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