Thematic Session 3: Global Histories of Sanitation Work Sanitation Workers Forum 2021 (2022)
This session explores the changing nature of sanitation work from a global and historical perspective. It sets out to challenge misconceptions that sanitation work (including hazardous forms) is confined to the so-called 'Global South', or that the 'Global North' has found the 'solutions' to safe sanitation for all. Drawing on experience in India, Pakistan, the USA and Nigeria, the session highlights the interconnections between sanitation work, colonialism and changing sanitary infrastructures across the world.
Speakers
1. Hariprasad V.M (Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India)
Talk Title: ‘Evolution of sanitation work and workers in Alleppey town, India’
2. Prof. Jo Beale (Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics, UK)
Talk Title: 'Plus ça change: Municipal Sweepers in Karachi and Faisalabad 1995-2021'
3. Daniel Gerling (Associate Professor, Augustana University, USA)
Talk Title: 'George Waring, King of Sanitation Workers: What Is and What Could Never Be'
4. John Uwa (Researcher/Cultural Archivist, DirtPol Sussex, UK)
Talk Title: 'The Histories and Politics of Sanitary Policies in Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Nigeria'
Chairs: Jen Barr & Alix Lerebours
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Sanitation Workers Forum 2021 (2022). Thematic Session 3: Global Histories of Sanitation Work Sanitation Workers Forum 2021
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