Dr Julia Corwin

Julia Corwin is a critical human geographer and urban ethnographer whose research interests focus on the relationship between commodities, labour and the environment.

She draws from political economic, STS, de/anti/post-colonial and political ecology approaches to study economies and cultures of waste and repair. Her research has focused on global flows of electronic ‘waste’ and their revaluation through economies of repair and re-manufacturing in Delhi, India, conducted through a patchwork ethnography of local markets and their role in global electronics trade networks.

Her new research examines care work and the politics of electronics repair in London.Prior to her entry into academia, Julia worked on urban environmental issues in New York City, working for the Department of Sanitation and the Parks Department.

Julia holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota.

Expertise

Electronics and Electronic Waste, Repair and Maintenance, Care, Informal Economy and Trade, Social and Environmental Justice; South Asia, Urban Environmental Politics, Ethnographic Methods