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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsSouth Asia CenterpresentsWa
 qas Butt\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, University of Toronto Sca
 rboroughRethinking Informality: Waste\, Market Exchange\, and the\nCommodi
 ty-FormWaste materials in Pakistani cities put on full display how\ndiscar
 ded commodities mediate desire and consumption under contemporary\ncapital
 ism. This talk explores the kabāṛīan (junkyard owners) and bīopārīan\n(mid
 dlemen or brokers) as figures who accumulate waste materials through\nrela
 tions of exchange and indebtedness with waste workers and suppliers. In\nd
 oing so\, this talk explores the workings of informal economies\, in which
  the\ncommodity-form obscures the work performed by low or non-caste group
 s that\nreproduces urban life across Pakistan.Please contact Emera Bridger
  Wilson at elbridge@syr.edu for any questions or concerns.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Rethinking Informality: Waste\, Market Exchange\, and the
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 South Asia Center</p><p>presents</p><p><br></p><p>Waqas Butt\, Assistant P
 rofessor of Anthropology\, University of Toronto Scarborough</p><p><br></p
 ><p><strong>Rethinking Informality: Waste\, Market Exchange\, and the\nCom
 modity-Form</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Waste materials in Pakistani cities 
 put on full display how\ndiscarded commodities mediate desire and consumpt
 ion under contemporary\ncapitalism. This talk explores the <i>kabāṛīan </i
 >(junkyard owners) and <i>bīopārīan\n</i>(middlemen or brokers) as figures
  who accumulate waste materials through\nrelations of exchange and indebte
 dness with waste workers and suppliers. In\ndoing so\, this talk explores 
 the workings of informal economies\, in which the\ncommodity-form obscures
  the work performed by low or non-caste groups that\nreproduces urban life
  across Pakistan.</p><p><br></p><p>Please contact Emera Bridger Wilson at 
 elbridge@syr.edu for any questions or concerns.&nbsp\;</p>
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