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مختبر عائم للعمل والنظرية في البحر floating laboratory of action and theory at sea

The Floating Laboratory for Action and Theory At Sea is a nomadic internationalist collaborative research platform currently docked at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

We generate research on and For sea-going and sea-centered communities. We study, analyse and seek to impact the world oceans from a floating position in the Southern Seas. We create pedagogy and education materials from and for the maritime commons. We assist community activism and critical struggles for the peoples’ claim to the sea and its socio-ecologies.

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READ: White in the Deep Blue: Greek Shipping, Racial Capitalism, and Decolonization at Sea by Nikolas Kosmatopoulos
READ: White in the Deep Blue: Greek Shipping, Racial Capitalism, and Decolonization at Sea by Nikolas Kosmatopoulos
READ: A People’s Sea: Palestine and Popular Thalassopolitics in the Mediterranean Sea by Nikolas Kosmatopoulos
READ: A People’s Sea: Palestine and Popular Thalassopolitics in the Mediterranean Sea by Nikolas Kosmatopoulos
READ: Learning From the Sea: Migration and Maritime Archives by Iain Chambers
READ: Learning From the Sea: Migration and Maritime Archives by Iain Chambers
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PROJECT: Floating Activism & Insurgent Ships (FAIRShips)
READ: "AL-Charfia: Tunisia’s Heritage-Based Fishing Between Tradition and Modernity " (Mohamed Ben Fredj)
READ: "AL-Charfia: Tunisia’s Heritage-Based Fishing Between Tradition and Modernity " (Mohamed Ben Fredj)
WATCH: "Local Traditions and Fishing in Sour" by Yara Mroueh (Student film Project)
WATCH: "Local Traditions and Fishing in Sour" by Yara Mroueh (Student film Project)
LISTEN: 'Professors at Work' - An AUB Podcast by Rami Khoury: episode 63: The Invisible Sea is a Place of Floating Democratic Politics
LISTEN: 'Professors at Work' - An AUB Podcast by Rami Khoury: episode 63: The Invisible Sea is a Place of Floating Democratic Politics
WATCH: “From Merchants to Tycoons: Greek Shipping in Ottomanism, Colonialism, Capitalism” (Webinar organised by dëcoloиıze hellάş)
WATCH: “From Merchants to Tycoons: Greek Shipping in Ottomanism, Colonialism, Capitalism” (Webinar organised by dëcoloиıze hellάş)
WATCH: Anti-Periplous: Of Other Ships (Webinar co-organised by dëcoloиıze hellάş & FLOATS)
WATCH: Anti-Periplous: Of Other Ships (Webinar co-organised by dëcoloиıze hellάş & FLOATS)
READ: Book Review: “Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World”
READ: Book Review: “Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World”
READ: Seaspiracy: A Call for Action, or a Call for Veganism? (Tea Jaber)
READ: Seaspiracy: A Call for Action, or a Call for Veganism? (Tea Jaber)
READ: Sea Change: Challenging the International (State) System (Kylar Cade)
READ: Sea Change: Challenging the International (State) System (Kylar Cade)
READ: "Gender and The Sea: Women in the Maritime World History" (Tracy Egho)
READ: "Gender and The Sea: Women in the Maritime World History" (Tracy Egho)
READ: "Millionaires’ Markets: A Deep Dive into Offshore Havens" by Lena Zeidan (Student Research Paper)
READ: "Millionaires’ Markets: A Deep Dive into Offshore Havens" by Lena Zeidan (Student Research Paper)
WATCH: "On Deepwater Horizon" by Simon Hitzig (Student Film Project)
WATCH: "On Deepwater Horizon" by Simon Hitzig (Student Film Project)
 
 

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LISTEN: Episode 12 "FLOWS"
LISTEN: Episode 12 "FLOWS"
LISTEN: Episode 11 "FOLDS"
LISTEN: Episode 11 "FOLDS"
LISTEN: Episode 10 "REGION"
LISTEN: Episode 10 "REGION"
LISTEN: Episode 9 "TECHNOLOGIES"
LISTEN: Episode 9 "TECHNOLOGIES"
 

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Beirut ~ what are you waiting for? #nofilter #Beirut #sea #floating #criticalthinking
Dear fellow floaters – check out our first FLOATS newsletter! https://floatsea.org/s/FLOATS-newsletter.pdf ~ Stay tuned for more info on news and activities floating your way soon ~ Click here to sign up to our newsletter: https://floats
Sarah Green is a social anthropologist from the University of Helsinki, with regional specialisation in the Balkans, Greece and the Mediterranean. We have the pleasure of announcing her as a speaker at this year's conference in #Lesvos. -------------
Charles Heller & Lorenzo Pezzani, founders of Forensic Oceanography @forensicarchitecture and Watch the Med will be presenting at our floating discussion in #Lesvos this summer, July 13-15. Register to attend at info@floatsea.org. The working lan
Dr. Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research, will be speaking at our 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos! Her research has focused in the broadest sense on what it means to make political claims
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let
The Floating Laboratory of Action & Theory At Sea (FLOATS) is pleased to present its 1st Summer Meeting in #Lesvos in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. Learn more about our meeting & what we do by clicking the link in bio. Let