The Maledives Case
In contrast to the trend of global aridity, the low-lying Maldive Islands south of the Indian subcontinent face the problem of too much water. Warming oceans and melting ice from far away are slowly inundating their homeland, posing an existential threat. Who is responsible for this collateral damage of the Anthropocene? All of humanity or only part of it?
- contributionOlivier Hamant, Hanna Husberg, Ellie Irons
Deconstructing the We
Using the Maldives as our (anthropo)scene, we explore how a monolithic and simplistic “We” can be questioned and reframed. Picture Lake Chad as an island of water in the desert and the Maldives surrounded by the rising “blue.”
Case Study, Water, Ethics
- contributionEle Carpenter, Ayesha Hameed, Hanna Husberg, Laura McLean
The Free Sea
Unintended consequences and slippages in time—Ele Carpenter, Ayesha Hameed, Hanna Husberg, and Laura McLean discuss “The Free Sea”.
Case Study, Water, Time
