Tuesday, April 30| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM ET | Zoom
Register to attend: https://forms.gle/NmftJxNJAvPbctBh9
You are formally invited to an engaging Zoom book event featuring author Waqas Butt. In his new book, Butt explores the profound transformations in Lahore through the lens of waste materials and the lives of those who toil with them. Join us for a captivating webinar in which the author discusses the central role of waste work in organizing and transforming the city, examining historical moments from the colonial period to the present.
Butt’s historical and ethnographic account, informed by conversations about changing configurations of work and labor under capitalism, utilizes a theoretical framework of reproduction to trace how life in Lahore, organized around caste-based relations, has become embedded in infrastructures across Pakistan. The discussion will center around the critical assessment of processes reproducing life in the city along the lines of caste, class, and religion, constitutive features of urbanization across South Asia.
Event Details:
Date: April 30th, 2023
Time: 12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Virtual Webinar
Register Here: https://forms.gle/NmftJxNJAvPbctBh9
Waqas Butt, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Joel Lee, Assistant Professor, Williams College
Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Curt Gambetta, Post-doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to register today and join us for a captivating discussion with Waqas Butt. 
Watch the zoom webinar recording here
Sponsored by the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages (ASCL) and the Bodas Family Endowment for South Asian Studies at Dartmouth College.