Monat: Februar 2026

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Women in Urban Mining of Hardware

With the magazine MAKERY that is focusing on media art and labs I published an article on e-waste upcycling in India.

Immersion with Toxics Link in New Delhi: meeting the Kabadiwalas and other upcyclers of e-waste

„Artist and researcher Stefanie Wuschitz followed the Indian NGO Toxics Link in New Delhi, which carries out extensive monitoring work on the links between waste and contamination. For Makery, she examines how the work of women in the slums of New Delhi contributes to the urban mining of electronic waste by manually upcycling valuable materials.“

Mother and daughter are busy with wire stripping in one corner of their room.

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The entire community is involved into the upcycling of wires and cables.
Some use simple machines from China to take off the plastic cover, some do it completely manually.

This lady has been in New Seelampur since forty years. The air pollution has taken its toll on her lungs.
People here would have an easier life if they could rely on formal training, adequate infrastructure and tools to avoid health risks.
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PERMA FARMING AND PERMA COMPUTING

Artist in Residence at FARM 8

I spent an extremely nurturing and inspiring time at Rashmi Kaleka’s 

Perma Culture Farm in New Delhi.

During this residency I generated a lot of work that inspired my writing.



Perma Culture Farm in New Delhi.

During this residency I generated the work I describe in this article

Photo Credits: Stefanie Wuschitz.
On the photo: Rashmi Kaleka, Maya Minder (soil assembly), Stefanie Wuschitz

Photo Credits: Stefanie Wuschitz.
On the photo: Rashmi Kaleka, Maya Minder (soil assembly), Stefanie Wuschitz