Robin Nagle

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    WELCOME

    I'm author of the book PICKING UP and
    anthropologist-in-residence for New York City's Department of Sanitation. I also teach anthropology and environmental studies at New York University.

    My research explores the category of material culture known generically as "garbage." I'm interested in the many forms of labor and infrastructure that waste requires, the spatial demands it imposes on urban areas, and the organizational responses that it inspires. In other words, I study the relationship between trash and cities.

    Look in the "About" section for more detail and for my contact information.

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