Waste Work: Grounding Race, Caste and Labour in the New Global Politics of Disposability

Two-day international workshop

Register here to attend the workshop keynotes

Opening Keynote
Delete/Ignore: What Counts as Waste and Work in the New Global Politics of Disposability
Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Friday, 10 April 2026 | 09:30 a.m.

Closing Keynote
Waste Work as Infrastructural Labour Amidst the Ruins of Accumulation
Vinay Gidwani, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Saturday, 11 April 2026 | 09:30 a.m.

Keynotes will take place in Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University

Organized by: Dr Shubhra Gururani and Dr Harsha Anantharaman

Presented by the York Centre for Asian Research. Supported by the Social Science sand Humanities Research Council of Canada and co-presented by these York University units: the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York International and the City Institute.

Inquiries can be directed to hanant@yorku.ca