Maria Raquel Passos Lima is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, where she founded and co-coordinates ResiduaLab: Laboratory of Social Studies of Waste. Maria researches waste as an anthropological object, focusing on how its materiality intersects with urban life and cityscapes in the Global South. Her broader research interests include environmental and urban issues related to waste, toxicity, water, infrastructure, climate change, and grassroots activism.