Outputs

A rural health centre in Papua New Guinea.

How do hospitals (continue) to matter to anthropologists?

At the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025, Alice Street questioned how we might theorise hospitals as more-than-biomedical places and highlighted the environmental damage hospitals cause.

University of Hyderabad building with blooming flowers in foreground and bright skies.

Anthropology, plastics, and sustainability at national seminar on contemporary practice

Presentations

Akhilesh Bonthu and Nanda Kishore Kannuri presented research on the anthropology of plastics and medical waste at a national seminar exploring anthropology’s role in addressing contemporary global challenges.

Syringes, packaging and masks: can we do without disposable plastic equipment in hospitals?

Media items

Can hospitals reduce their dependence on disposable plastics? Bruno Strasser contributes to a discussion on the history, risks, and trade-offs behind medical throwaway culture.

The Thinker’s Burden sculpture by artist Benjamin Von Wong, displayed outside the Palais des Nations for the duration of the plastics treaty negotiations.

Reflections on the UN Plastics Treaty negotiation from an After the Single Use delegate

Blog posts

At the UN’s Geneva talks, 184 countries failed again to agree a plastics treaty - yet momentum grows for bold, health-centred action against plastic pollution worldwide.

Outputs content

How do hospitals (continue) to matter to anthropologists?

Anthropology, plastics, and sustainability at national seminar on contemporary practice

Syringes, packaging and masks: can we do without disposable plastic equipment in hospitals?

Reflections on the UN Plastics Treaty negotiation from an After the Single Use delegate