This roundtable discussion focuses on the place of waste in life in Southeast Asia and on the political and ecological stakes facing Southeast Asia.

This discussion spans historical, conservation, anthropological, and food systems conversations about how the production and treatment of waste critically affect both urban, rural, and maritime spaces. Framed by the following questions: How do you define waste in your work? What is the place of waste in Southeast Asian societies? And what is the place of the Southeast Asian region in global waste proliferation?

Panelists:
TAMMARA SOMA, Assistant Professor in Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
LEAH ZANI, Anthropologist, Author, and Poet based in Oakland, California
VON HERNANDEZ, Global Coordinator, Break Free From Plastic
DAVID R. BIGGS, Professor of History, University of California Riverside

Moderator: ALYSSA PAREDES, LSA Collegiate Fellow in Anthropology, University of Michigan


Free and open to the public; please register at https://myumi.ch/84eN2