Calendar of Events

Peabody Museum Lectures, Events, & Exhibits

All events are free and open to the public, except where noted below. All lectures are at the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, except where noted below.

Trash Talk

A series of lectures and programs focusing on The Anthropology of Waste

Garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, discard, refuse, detritus, cast-off, junk, dross, debris, litter, rubble, dregs, leavings: everything we have that that isn’t consumed will eventually become rubbish and be thrown away. But what is rubbish, how do we define it, manage it, think about it? Where is “away”? Researchers from fields as disparate as urban design to philosophy to contemporary art are grappling with these issues as a practical problem, an ecological problem, an economic challenge, an idea, a risk, or a source for creativity. Join us as we Talk Trash this year.

Look for the trash can  for lectures and other activities in this series.

Most Peabody Talks are recorded. Miss one? Find it here!