Wasting and Wanting: An Extractive Supply Chain Approach to Outer Space Geographies

Julie Michelle Klinger, assistant professor of geography and spatial science at the University of Delaware, will kick off the Penn State Department of Geography’ fall 2023 "Coffee Hour" lecture series with the talk, “Wasting and wanting: an extractive supply chain approach to outer space geographies.” 

Klinger will discuss how waste plays a big role in modern space activities by presenting a conceptual architecture and also reflexively examining the potential epistemic violence of waste-making as a spatial analytic to link Earthly and outer-space geographies.

Klinger’s talk is part of the fall 2023 "Coffee Hour" seminar series hosted by Penn State’s Department of Geography.