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What happens to our electronics when we stop using them? While most of us depend on these technologies daily, we rarely see the labour that goes into making, selling, and repairing them.
What happens to our electronics when we stop using them? While most of us depend on these technologies daily, we rarely see the labour that goes into making, selling, and repairing them.
Tuesday 29 October 2024 | 20 minutes 25 seconds
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What happens to our electronics when we stop using them?

While most of us depend on these technologies daily, we rarely see the labour that goes into making, selling, and repairing them. Drawing from her forthcoming book, "Analog Labour in a Digital World", Dr Julia Corwin examines the often invisible but vital labour of electronics repair, as seen through repairers and scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

From the local electronics repair shop to major electronics manufacturers and e-waste recyclers, she shows the interdependence of people, materials and communities, and reveals a globally connected world of commodity production, waste and revaluation.

Julia Corwin is Assistant Professor in Environmental Geography at LSE: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/academic-staff/julia-corwin

Find out more about the LSE Research Showcase events: https://www.lse.ac.uk/researchshowcase

Read more about LSE research in Research for the World, our online social science magazine: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world

What happens to our electronics when we stop using them?

While most of us depend on these technologies daily, we rarely see the labour that goes into making, selling, and repairing them. Drawing from her forthcoming book, "Analog Labour in a Digital World", Dr Julia Corwin examines the often invisible but vital labour of electronics repair, as seen through repairers and scrap dealers in Delhi, India.

From the local electronics repair shop to major electronics manufacturers and e-waste recyclers, she shows the interdependence of people, materials and communities, and reveals a globally connected world of commodity production, waste and revaluation.

Julia Corwin is Assistant Professor in Environmental Geography at LSE: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/academic-staff/julia-corwin

Find out more about the LSE Research Showcase events: https://www.lse.ac.uk/researchshowcase

Read more about LSE research in Research for the World, our online social science magazine: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world