I am a cultural geographer and postgraduate researcher living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples. I am interested in the intersections of waste, activism, and creative methods. My research asks how ordinary people come to politicise the things and places we throw away – and how they fight back.
I use mobile and creative methods to draw out feminist geographies of place and waste. In the past, this has included walking tours, ‘dive-along’ interviews with dumpster divers, zine-making and collaging workshops, and community recipe book-making. I am guided by writing from stolen lands (so-called ‘Australia’) and writings on shadow places, shadow care, and informal economies of waste.
I am currently publishing research on dumpster diving in Naarm/Melbourne, based on research as part of my Masters thesis in 2022-3. I also teach and work as a research associate in urban geography, asking how people are shaped by connections with urban and rural natures, and how identities are mediated by power and resistance in place.
Recent Publications
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‘“What a fucking waste!” Stories from the dumpster’, reproduced in Teaching Environmental Communication, Catalina de Onis (ed.), University of Oregon, 2024.
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‘“What a fucking collage!” Zinemaking as a Collaborative Research Practice’, in Almendarez, Loren, Lauren Andrikanich, Moira Armstrong, Morgan Bimm, Aksel Biorn-Hansen, Dri Chiu Tattersfield, Lea Cooper, et al. “DIY Methods 2023 Conference Proceedings.” Published November 17, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17613/6hj0-5w42.